The House is out of session this week, while the Senate is in. Last week, the House once again passed a bill that would have funded the Department of Homeland Security. As of now, despite an increasingly uncertain time domestically and swelling lines at the airports, the funding bill remains blocked by Senate liberals.
House Republicans gathered this week in Doral, Florida, for their annual issues conference — a group discussion on what their policy priorities should be for the next year. Reporting suggests their focus will be on finding a path forward on Reconciliation 2.0, and President Trump urged the passage of the SAVE America Act. Reconciliation is the fast track process by which the One Big Beautiful Bill was passed. A reconciliation bill only needs 51 votes in the Senate, so it becomes a desirable process to enact legislation with such narrow margins in the House and Senate.
Meanwhile, one of the many disturbing trends manifesting itself out of the Marxist left is their objection to using the word “assassination” to describe Charlie Kirk’s murder. Megyn Kelly recently brought light to this trend on her podcast (29:10) with conservative commentator, Jesse Kelly.
Megyn highlights Florida Representative Ashley Gantt’s debate over House Bill 125, titled “Charlie Kirk Day of Remembrance” which would set aside October 14 each year as a day of remembrance for Charlie Kirk. Rep. Gantt said, “He was not assassinated. And words being accurate matters. It was a death by gun violence. That is an issue here in the country that we should all be on the same page with addressing.” This is, of course, nothing new to the left who militantly polices speech in order to use it as effective propaganda tools.
In the fall of last year, the House of Representatives passed H Res 719, “Honoring the life and legacy of Charles James Kirk” with 58 liberals voting “No”, 38 voting “Present” and 26 conspicuously “Not Voting”. Conservatives are clearly aware of the countless examples of leftists gloating and laughing at his murder, but as conservative states seek to memorialize Charlie’s assassination, one has to wonder if this disgusting belittling of a political assassination by a state elected official will be more widely used.
Andrew Kolvet, the spokesman for Turning Point USA, gave this quote to Fox News Digital: “The truth is that political violence and assassination culture has been normalized on the left because far too many of them condone it, or outright endorse it. We utterly and totally condemn the ignorant, hateful comments from Florida State Rep. Viola Gantt. These types of statements will only contribute to more political violence. I hope that wasn’t her actual goal because I fear it will be the result.”
ICYMI…
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- The Federalist: Hemingway: Talarico Is So Radical He Would Struggle to Win in San Francisco, Let Alone Texas