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House Holds Vote On Congresswoman’s Comments

House Holds Vote On Congresswoman’s Comments

In a stunning display of political disloyalty, four Republican lawmakers crossed the aisle this week to help Democrats block a resolution to censure Rep. Ilhan Omar, following her inflammatory and deeply divisive remarks about the late Charlie Kirk — remarks made just days after his assassination.

Omar’s comments weren’t just politically charged; they were personal, cruel, and stunningly insensitive. Rather than offering a moment of reflection or shared national mourning, Omar seized the opportunity to smear Kirk as a “stochastic terrorist,” a “transphobe,” and a “reprehensible human being.” She reposted videos blaming him for his own murder, mocked the grief of his supporters, and dismissed those defending his legacy as frauds “full of s—.”


That wasn’t enough to move 210 Democrats — nor four Republican defectors: Mike Flood, Jeff Hurd, Tom McClintock, and Cory Mills — to support a formal censure. It was a moment of betrayal that Rep. Nancy Mace did not let pass quietly.

Reading from the resolution on the House floor, Mace laid out a blistering rebuke. “They voted to shield a woman who mocked the cold-blooded assassination of Charlie Kirk,” she said. “A woman who belittled his grieving family… a woman who called him a stochastic terrorist while his loved ones were still planning his memorial.”

Mace didn’t hold back, publicly roasting the four GOP members who voted to table the resolution. Her message on social media was blunt and unforgettable: “They chose Ilhan Omar over decency, over justice, and over Charlie Kirk’s family. Never forget it.”

The resolution wasn’t vague or partisan. It detailed Omar’s own words — reposts and statements accusing Kirk of every imaginable ideological crime, from misogyny to inciting his own murder. She even reposted a quote claiming “Charlie Kirk was Dr. Frankenstein and his monster shot him through the neck.”


Yet Rep. Tom McClintock, defending his vote, pointed to the First Amendment: “This disgusting and hateful speech is still speech and is protected… A free society depends on tolerating ALL speech — even hateful speech,” he told Townhall. His principled stance on speech, while intellectually consistent, may not sit well with a grieving nation, nor with a conservative base tired of watching Democrats weaponize “speech” one way and excuse it the other.

What Omar said was not a policy disagreement. It was a cruel indictment of a man whose voice had barely gone silent before his character was eviscerated by one of the most radical members of Congress. And when the time came to make a statement — not of censorship, but of moral clarity — four Republicans blinked.

Written by Mark Stevens - September 18, 2025