thanks baker
The House of Representatives burst into chaos as Speaker Mike Johnson attempted to lead a prayer for Charlie Kirk, the late father of two, who was shot dead in Utah on Wednesday.
Kirk, 31, the founder of Turning Point USA, a conservative youth organization that would regularly hold events on college campuses nationwide, was shot in the neck at an event at Utah Valley University in Orem and succumbed to his injuries shortly after.
Devastating the many members of Congress who knew him personally, Kirk’s passing brought out both sadness, confusion and anger among the lawmakers in the Capitol.
About an hour after the shooting was first reported, Speaker Mike Johnson delivered a statement to reporters.
‘Political violence must be called out,’ Johnson said. ‘We need everyone who has a platform to say this loudly and clearly: we can settle disagreements and disputes in a civil manner.’
He then went inside and held a moment of silence for Kirk on the chamber floor as questions swirled about whether the father of two was alive.
Following the somber moment of silence, Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., called out to Johnson to hold a moment of prayer for the 31-year-old.
Then it got ugly. Some Democrats, clearly against the request for prayer, began cheering in unison ‘No!’
One unidentified Democrat in the room shouted out something about a shooting that happened in Colorado on Wednesday, seemingly trying to draw a comparison to how there were no prayers offered for that tragedy - which happened within hours of Kirk being shot.
It is unclear exactly which Democrats protested against the prayers for Kirk, however, the cacophony of voices that rang out suggests that it was many, likely around a dozen.
Another unidentified Democrat blurted out: ‘Pass some gun laws!’
The liberal lawmakers’ rejection of the prayer immediately enraged Republicans.
‘You f***ing own this!’ screamed Florida Republican Anna Paulina Luna.
She accused Democrats earlier in the day of being the origin of the violence against Kirk.
‘I am done with the rhetoric this rotten House and corrupt media has caused,’ she posted on X shortly after the news of the shooting broke. ‘Every damn one of you who called us fascists did this.’
Speaker Johnson, frustrated with the screaming across both aisles as tensions flared over the prayers for Kirk, bashed his gavel and used his microphone to demand order in the House.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15086223/democrats-reject-prayers-charlie-kirk-house-shouting.html
his show comes on here where i live every night at 6:30 p.m.
so i am going to tune in and see if they show a rerun or if they run something special in his honor, or if they just show something else altogether
not only that
they enabled access to the roof for the shooter
sounds eerily similar to butler, pa