The radical Left’s hatred for conservative heroes apparently follows them even to the grave.
In a disgusting display of partisan spite, Florida House Democrats spent Wednesday afternoon attempting to block a bill that would honor the late Turning Point USA founder and conservative icon Charlie Kirk.
Despite Kirk being gunned down in cold blood while exercising his First Amendment rights at a rally in Utah last September, Florida Democrats took to the floor to argue that the man who inspired millions of young patriots was “mediocre” and, wait for it, was not actually “assassinated.”
Instead, these radical lawmakers insisted that the targeted political killing of a prominent conservative leader should merely be classified as “gun violence.”
The bill, HB 125, which designates October 14 as “Charlie Kirk Day of Remembrance,” was sponsored by Rep. Yvette Benarroch (R-Marco Island).
Benarroch described the bill as a tribute to a man who “encouraged a generation to read the Constitution and love this great country.”
The measure cleared the chamber by a vote of 82–31, with nearly all opposition coming from Democrats.
But during committee deliberations, Florida House Democrats took issue with language describing Kirk’s death as an assassination, instead insisting it should be categorized more broadly as an act of “gun violence.”
Democrat State Rep. Ashley Viola Gantt openly objected to the bill’s wording.
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