Democratic West Virginia State Rep. Anitra L. Hamilton seemed to accuse Turning Point USA Charlie Kirk of racism and domestic terrorism on social media Thursday — less than 24 hours after his assassination — also appearing to compare him to the man who recently stabbed a Ukrainian refugee to death on a train.
Hamilton, in a Facebook post made less than a day after Kirk’s gruesome death, alleged that the slain conservative activist had been “spewing racism” and “discrimination.” The Democratic lawmaker also posed an analogy between Kirk’s successful activism for conservative beliefs and causes to Decarlos Brown Jr., the mentally ill career criminal who murdered Iryna Zarutska, 23, on a light rail car in Charlotte, North Carolina on Aug. 22.
“You can murder ONE woman on a train by stabbing her in the neck and be condemned by the masses or you can travel the nation spewing hatred and racism, harming thousands and be loved by the masses…… and both have the same outcome,” Hamilton wrote on Facebook.
“You can profess Jesus, tweet about Him, and talk about Him in your speeches and yet be a racist,” the elected official added in the post. Kirk was prominently a devout Christian and often quoted scripture.
“Speaking words of a racist nature is not your First Amendment right but are acts of domestic terrorism upon the souls of American people. There are no skillsets that can prepare you or protect you from RACISM,” Hamilton wrote in another Facebook post from the same day.
West Virginia Republican Rep. Riley Moore, who represents the entirety of Hamilton’s seat at a federal level, called for the state lawmaker to be expelled from the state legislature for her “disgusting and shameful behavior.”
“This is the ideology we are up against. Tolerating the warped mindset that leads to disgusting behavior like this from radical Leftists with no consequence is how we end up with a 31 year old dad being shot and killed in cold blood,” Moore wrote.
“We cannot have representatives in our legislature justifying murder,” he added, also calling for her firing from West Virginia University’s Council for Gender Equity.
Moore noted in a subsequent post that he believes the “woke” council should be abolished.
Kirk, 31, was shot and killed Wednesday afternoon during a speaking event at Utah Valley University, which Republican Utah Gov. Spencer Cox labeled a political assassination. A manhunt for the assailant is still underway.
Decarlos Brown Jr., sporting a decorated rap sheet, fatally stabbed Zarutska three times on a Charlotte light rail train. Brown had been released from prison in January despite his extensive record, prompting many to highlight Democratic policies that have allowed criminals to be released back on the streets.
“That has become the norm in Democrat-run cities, where Radical Left policies like ‘no cash bail’ and ‘defund the police’ put depraved career criminals back on the streets,” the White House said in a Sept. 8 statement about Zarutska’s murder.
Hamilton was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates in 2023 and represents Monongalia County along the northern border of the state.
Moore and Hamilton did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s requests for comment.
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