The Republicans and the Democrats met on the ground of the House on Wednesday to organize a moment of silence in honor of Charlie Kirk, when the news announced that the magnetic activist of youth had been shot.
Bipartite lasted about a minute.
The event quickly evolved after a request to pray for Kirk of the Republican representative Lauren Boebert of Colorado led to objections of the Democrats and a partisan cry match.
Republican representative Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, a friend close to Kirk, told Democrats on the ground they “provoked this” – a comment that she said later that she was in the process of “their hateful rhetoric” against the Republicans had contributed to the murder of Kirk.
Johnson struck the hammer, demanding order when the bustle continued.
“The house will be in order!” He cried in vain.
The incident highlighted the deep partisan tensions on Capitol Hill while Kirk’s assassination revives the debate on armed violence and acts of political violence in a divided nation. While the congress reacted to the news, the legislators of both parties publicly denounced the assassination of Kirk and described it as unacceptable violence.
The head of the majority of the Senate, John Thune (Rs.d.), said that he was “deeply disturbed by the threat of violence that has entered our political life”.
“I pray for us to remember that each person, no matter how much our disagreement with them is a human being and another American deserving respect and protection,” said Thune.
The former lecturer of the Chamber, Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco), whose husband, Paul, was attacked with a hammer three years ago, also denounced the mortal shooting.
“Political violence has absolutely no place in our country,” she said in an article on X.
A few hours after the bustle on the room of the room, the White House published a four -minute video of President Trump in which he said that Kirk’s assassination marked a “dark moment for America”. He also blamed the violent act on the “radical left”.
“My administration will find each of those who have contributed to this atrocity and other political violence, including organizations that finance and support it,” said Trump by afflicting the loss of his close ally.
