Omar Facing Possible Punishment For Disparaging Remark About Charlie Kirk
House GOP leaders are preparing to take decisive action against Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) after she made appalling comments about the late Charlie Kirk, a conservative leader gunned down last week in Utah.
Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA), who is also running for U.S. Senate, introduced a resolution Monday to strip Omar of her assignments on the House Budget Committee and the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Carter said Omar’s words exemplify how the radical left has normalized the dangerous practice of meeting free speech with violence.
The push comes after Omar appeared on former MSNBC anchor Mehdi Hasan’s program, where she callously tied Kirk’s assassination to his past positions on gun rights.
“But what I do know for sure is that Charlie Kirk was someone who once said, ‘Guns save lives’ after a school shooting,” Omar said. She then accused Kirk of “downplay[ing] the death of George Floyd,” dismissing Juneteenth, and “downplay[ing] slavery and what Black people have gone through in this country.”
When Hasan suggested that Kirk’s critics were unfairly overlooking his reputation as a civil debater, Omar doubled down. “Yeah. There is nothing more effed up than to completely pretend that his words and actions have not been recorded and in existence for the last decade or so,” she said.
Omar then turned her fire on President Donald J. Trump, claiming he had “incit[ed] violence against people like me,” despite never having been attacked or harmed by conservatives. She further smeared Republicans broadly: “These people are full of s**t. And it’s important for us to call them out while we feel anger and sadness.”
After heavy backlash, Omar attempted to walk back her remarks on X, but Republicans are demanding accountability.
“Disparaging Charlie Kirk’s legacy, a God-fearing, honorable man, for boldly sharing his conservative beliefs is disgusting,” Carter told Fox News. “The radical left has normalized meeting free speech with violence, and it must stop.”
He added: “No one who justifies the assassination of someone with different political views than them deserves to sit on a committee, and Ilhan Omar openly used language that incites violence toward her political opponents. Committees are for serious lawmakers, not hate-spewing politicians.”
Charlie Kirk, just 31 years old, was the founder of Turning Point USA and a tireless advocate for free speech and American values. His assassination during a September 10 speaking event at Utah Valley University shocked the nation, sparking both mourning and outrage.
Kirk was addressing a crowd of about 3,000 students and supporters under a campus tent when a sniper’s bullet struck him in the neck. Despite being rushed to the hospital, he tragically died a short time later. Witnesses described a scene of panic as students and faculty ducked for cover and fled in terror.
Authorities later identified the alleged shooter as 22-year-old Tyler James Robinson of Utah. Following a 33-hour manhunt, Robinson’s own father recognized him from FBI surveillance photos and turned him in. Robinson now faces charges of aggravated murder, felony discharge of a firearm causing serious injury, and obstruction of justice. He is being held without bail and could face the death penalty under Utah law.
The murder of Charlie Kirk — and the shocking response from voices like Omar — has reignited debate over political violence in America and underscored the growing threat conservatives face for simply exercising their First Amendment rights.