The country is still reeling after the tragic assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, a violent act that should have united Americans in condemnation and sorrow. Instead of mourning a husband and father, a faction of the left pivoted immediately to blame the victim for his own death, setting a dangerous precedent for political discourse.
Rep. Ilhan Omar didn’t just offer a cold critique; she amplified and repeatedly reposted a grotesque video that called Kirk “Dr. Frankenstein” and suggested his own rhetoric birthed the monster that killed him. When confronted on CNN, Omar doubled down, saying Kirk’s legacy belonged in the “dustbin of history” and refusing to retract or apologize for endorsing the brutal imagery.
CNN’s Kaitlan Collins was visibly stunned on air as she pressed Omar about the timing and the cruelty of sharing such a clip so soon after the murder, demonstrating that even mainstream anchors find this defense of dehumanizing rhetoric alarming. Conservative commentator Dave Rubin took note and circulated a direct-message clip of Collins’ reaction, forcing the moment into wider public view and showing that the left’s reflexive politicization of tragedy isn’t going to be ignored.
House Republicans moved quickly, with Rep. Nancy Mace filing a censure resolution and calls intensifying to remove Omar from committee assignments for peddling commentary that, at best, excuses violence and, at worst, celebrates it. This isn’t performative politics; it’s about enforcing basic standards of decency for those who serve in power and send signals to millions of Americans.
Make no mistake: Republicans are right to be furious. A member of Congress amplifying a message that likens a slain man to a monster is not robust debate — it’s moral abdication. The left’s habit of weaponizing tragedy and then gaslighting the country when pushback arrives reveals a rotten moral calculus that privileges political score-settling over human decency.
The reaction from the media matters. Kaitlan Collins’ shock — spread further by Rubin’s clip — exposed the raw discomfort even within corporate newsrooms when the political class crosses a line into celebrating death. Yet we should not be naive: many in the establishment press have been slow to hold ideologically aligned figures accountable, which is why citizen journalists and independent commentators must keep pointing out hypocrisy.
Americans who value law, order, and common decency should demand consequences: censure, removal from committees, and clear rebukes from party leaders who would tolerate this behavior are appropriate and necessary. If politicians can dehumanize opponents and then shrug when violence follows, we lose the social contract that keeps our republic functioning — and every patriotic American should stand against that.
