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Washington finally did the right thing and passed a resolution condemning the political violence that took the life of Charlie Kirk, with the House voting 310 to 58 to honor his life and denounce assassination as a political tool. This was a straightforward, bipartisan statement that should have united a grieving nation around the basic principle that murder is never an acceptable response to disagreement. Conservatives who watched the vote expected civility; instead we got spectacle and excuses from the left.
Instead of joining the country in condemning the killing, a faction of Democrats chose to use the moment to attack Kirk’s legacy and score cheap political points, with Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez publicly calling the GOP measure reckless and using the floor to smear him even after the assassination. It is beneath contempt to open a debate about ideology while a family mourns and a body is still being laid to rest. The instinct to politicize every tragedy is exactly what is poisoning our public discourse and encouraging the worst instincts in unstable people.
Republicans attempted to hold some of the worst offenders accountable, including a bid to censure members who republished or celebrated nasty, dehumanizing takes about conservatives, but these accountability efforts were met with predictable partisan resistance and a failed censure attempt. If political representatives think they can call for unity one day and then smear a slain man the next without consequence, they are part of the problem, not the solution. Americans deserve leaders who stand for decency, not performers who treat tragedy like campaign theater.
On Fox & Friends Weekend, Lara Trump rightly exploded at the cowardice and hypocrisy on display, pointing out the very real role the media and elites play in relentlessly branding conservatives as fascists, racists, and Nazis until violence almost feels justified to the deranged. Her outrage was not hot air; it reflected the fury of millions of hardworking Americans who see their families and beliefs demonized every day. There is nothing un-American about demanding that our institutions stop stoking hatred and start protecting citizens of all stripes.
Some Democrats did vote for the resolution while issuing follow-up statements attacking Kirk’s views, proving the point: they want the political credit for condemning violence without ever owning the poisonous rhetoric that helped create the climate for it. This two-faced posture—condemning murder while excusing the hateful atmosphere that preceded it—is cowardly and dishonest. If you are going to denounce violence, denounce the culture of dehumanization that breeds it, or stop pretending you are shocked when the violent fringe acts out.
The truth is simple: a free society depends on the right to speak and to disagree without fear of being labeled subhuman. Conservatives will not stand by while the left weaponizes language, seeks to erase political opponents, and then acts shocked when consequences follow. We owe Charlie Kirk and his grieving family more than empty statements and partisan virtue signaling; we owe them honest introspection, consequences for those who cheerled the vitriol, and a return to the simple American value of civility.
If anything good can come from this terrible moment, let it be a turning point where decent people on both sides insist on accountability and refuse to normalize political hatred. Call out the smear merchants, punish the worst offenders in Congress, and demand media outlets stop feeding the frenzy. America is stronger than the rage of a few; it is time our leaders acted like it.
