Democratic Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett claimed on Sunday that it caused her anguish to see that only two white lawmakers voted against the resolution honoring Charlie Kirk on Friday.
Every Republican voted in favor of the resolution, but 58 Democrats voted against it, including Crockett and New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who both cited their disagreement with his political views. Crockett asserted on CNN’s “State of the Union” that Kirk “specifically targeted people of color” with his “rhetoric.”
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“One of the things I do want to point out that’s not been laid out, that honestly hurts my heart, is when I saw the no votes, there were only two caucasians,” Crockett said. “For the most part, the only people that voted no were people of color.”
“Because the rhetoric that Charlie Kirk continuously put out there was rhetoric that specifically targeted people of color,” she continued. “And so it is unfortunate that even our colleagues could not see how harmful his rhetoric was, specifically to us.”
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and his leadership team voted in support of the measure, while 38 House Democrats voted “present” on the resolution and 22 did not vote.
“Such acts of politically motivated violence are antithetical to the principles of a free republic, in which differences of opinion are to be debated—not silenced—with civility, reason, and mutual respect,” the resolution reads in part.
The Senate has also passed a similar resolution by unanimous consent, along with a resolution to establish a “National Day of Remembrance” for Kirk on Thursday. The commemorative day will be on Oct. 14, Kirk’s birthday.
While House Democratic leadership broadcast their support for the bill in a closed-door meeting, they did not issue a recommendation to their members on how to vote, Axios first reported.
Ocasio-Cortez smeared Kirk during remarks on the House floor.
“We should be clear about who Charlie Kirk was. A man who believed that the Civil Rights Act that granted black Americans the right to vote was a mistake,” she said. “Who after the violent attack on Paul Pelosi said, ‘some amazing patriot’ should bail out his brutal assailant and accused Jews of controlling ‘not just the colleges, it’s the nonprofits, it’s the movies, it’s Hollywood, it’s all of it.’”
“His rhetoric and beliefs were ignorant, uneducated and sought to disenfranchise millions of Americans far from ‘working tirelessly to promote unity’ asserted by the majority in this resolution,” she added.
Several liberals and left-leaning outlets have made false claims about Kirk and have misquoted him.
Kirk was assassinated on Sept. 10 while speaking to a large audience at Utah Valley University, leaving behind a widow and two young children. Authorities have charged suspected assassin Tyler Robinson with aggravated murder.
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