Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Smears Charlie Kirk and His Supporters on the House Floor

In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln held a presidential election in the middle of a bloody civil war. Yet the South — unwilling to accept the results of 1860 — had already seceded.

Today, America faces a similar fracture. Conservative icon Charlie Kirk was gunned down last week in Utah, and instead of mourning his loss, many on the Left doubled down on the same poisonous rhetoric that inspired his assassin.

On Friday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) stood on the House floor and used her time not to honor Kirk, but to smear him. The chamber was voting on a resolution to recognize Kirk’s life and legacy — a resolution that 58 Democrats opposed.

AOC’s Bitter Attack

AOC sneered that the House should have passed a “generic” condemnation of political violence instead of honoring Kirk directly.

“Instead,” she said, “the majority proceeded with a resolution that brings great pain to the millions of Americans who endured segregation, Jim Crow, and the legacy of bigotry today.”

She then launched into a tirade of falsehoods:

“We should be clear about who Charlie Kirk was: a man who believed that the Civil Rights Act that granted black Americans the right to vote was a mistake, who after the violent attack on Paul Pelosi claimed that ‘some amazing patriot’ should bail out his brutal assailant.”

Never mind that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 did not grant voting rights — the Constitution’s 15th and 19th Amendments already did. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 enforced them. But expecting AOC to know basic civics is apparently asking too much.

She piled on, claiming Kirk’s “rhetoric and beliefs were ignorant, uneducated, and sought to disenfranchise millions of Americans.”

Conservatives Push Back

Patriots across the country erupted in outrage. Influencer Gunther Eagleman, a staunch ally of President Donald Trump, warned that AOC’s speech would “make your blood boil.” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) summed up the mood bluntly: “We have no way forward with these people.”

And perhaps she’s right.

Because this isn’t just about AOC. It’s about the 58 Democrats who refused to honor Kirk. It’s about the thousands of leftists online who openly celebrated his death. It’s about figures like Barack Obama, Jimmy Kimmel, and countless others who have mocked or vilified Kirk even in death.

Charlie Kirk tried to engage with them in honest debate. Their response to his assassination proves they don’t want dialogue — only dominance, destruction, and defamation.

A Nation Divided

When half the country celebrates the death of a political opponent, when its elected representatives use the House floor to slander a murder victim, and when basic facts are replaced by lies, we have to ask a hard question:

How do you share a country with people who have spiritually seceded from it?

The Confederates left the Union in 1861. Today’s radical Left hasn’t left physically, but in every way that matters, they already have. The rest of us must decide how to live with them — while never surrendering to their hatred.