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AOC Blasted For ‘Vile’ House Floor Tirade After Vote to Honor Charlie Kirk

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) stunned Capitol Hill with a fiery attack on the late Charlie Kirk during a heated House session, unleashing remarks that many lawmakers described as “vile” about his murder.

On Friday, the House passed a resolution to honor Kirk with a decisive 310–58 vote,

A total of 60 Democrats opposed the measure outright, 38 settled on a neutral “present” vote, and 22 abstained entirely.

The dispute stemmed from Democrats’ refusal to back language directly condemning last week’s killing at Utah Valley University.

Some Democrats reluctantly voted in favor, seeing the resolution as a necessary step to denounce the violence, despite their personal disagreements with Kirk’s politics.

Yet prominent progressives, including Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), rejected the resolution.

Ocasio-Cortez not only voted against it but used the floor to deliver a blistering speech nine days after Kirk’s murder.

“We can deeply disagree and come together as a country to denounce the horror of this killing, and it is not a license for the abuse of power and whitewashing of American history,” she said, charging that Republicans drafted the resolution to divide Congress.

“Today’s resolution only underscores the majority’s recklessness by choosing to author this condemnation and honoring on a purely partisan basis,” she continued.

“Instead of uniting Congress in this tragedy with one of the many bipartisan options to condemn political violence and Kirk’s murder, as we did with the late Melissa Hortman.”

Her reference to Melissa Hortman pointed to an earlier tragedy. On June 14, Hortman and her husband were murdered inside their Minnesota home.

Authorities allege Vance Luther Boelter pretended to be a police officer to gain entry before killing the couple.

Congress responded on June 25 with a resolution honoring Hortman’s life, which passed unanimously by a 424–0 margin, a stark contrast to Friday’s contentious vote.

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Ocasio-Cortez charged that Kirk’s death was being politicized by the government, and urged Congress to stop the “government’s attempt to weaponize this moment into an all-out assault on free speech… All in the name of Charlie Kirk.”

She also accused President Trump and the FCC of threatening “to shut down ABC and any outlets who give airtime to the administration’s political critics,” she said, citing the suspension of late-night host Jimmy Kimmel over remarks about Kirk.

“This is a disgusting attack on the American people and the very First Amendment rights that define us as a country,” she spewed.

“It is also the ABC Corporation’s responsibility to refuse to embolden and participate in this corruption and escalation of censorship.”

Despite the vitriol, she closed her remarks by offering sympathy for Kirk’s family.

“We continue to pray for Mr. Kirk’s family and loved ones in the wake of this terrible act, I am thinking especially of his children and his wife, whose grief cannot be measured.”

Her comments triggered backlash from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene who blasted Ocasio-Cortez on X.

“AOC is trashing Charlie Kirk right now on the House floor,” Greene wrote. “She is lying about him and again repeating the same vile garbage at the same time… There is no way forward with these people.”

House Speaker Mike Johnson echoed those frustrations in a Fox Business interview.

“118 Democrats this afternoon … decided not to vote or to vote no on this resolution. All it does is affirm a young American who died too early, who gave his life to American principles and values and patriotism and free speech,” he told host Larry Kudlow.

“And it decried the assassination and political violence that’s taken over our country. Democrats voted against that, and I think it’s shameful.”

Johnson said Democrats originally considered backing the resolution before retreating.

“Everyone in Congress wanted to take some action. They wanted to go on record to affirm the incredible legacy and the life of our friend Charlie Kirk,” he added.

“Now the Democrats didn’t see it the same way, and in spite of that lofty language that you just read there, that’s a sampling of the language in the resolution. There’s nothing partisan about it at all.”

Rep. Nancy Mace also condemned Democrats, posting the names of the 58 who opposed the resolution. “History won’t forget. Neither should we,” she wrote.

Several Democrats who supported the measure later clarified their reasons. Rep. Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania said her decision was painful.

“I have a gay daughter. According to Charlie Kirk, she and her family should not be afforded the rights and security that he wanted for his own family,” she stated.

“I voted YES today on the ‘Resolution Honoring the life and legacy of Charles ‘Charlie’ James Kirk’ because no one should be subject to violence for expressing their beliefs.”

Rep. April McClain Delaney of Maryland issued her position before the vote.

“Rage-fueled intolerance and algorithm-driven platforms threaten us all as Americans,” she said.

She praised Utah’s Republican Gov. Spencer Cox and Maryland’s Democratic Gov. Wes Moore for showing steady leadership.

“We should take a page from their prudent and thoughtful leadership at this electrified time and remember that our behavior — and our outbursts — are being tracked not only nationally but globally.”

Delaney concluded her statement by noting, “Our diversity is our strength and underpins our national identity.”

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