“Congress is supposed to be a check on the Executive Branch, not a rubber stamp,” said Sen. Alex Padilla, Democrat of California. “We won’t forget it.” In a move that allowed for confirmation of a bloc of 48 nominees to a variety of sub-cabinet positions across the executive branch that require Senate approval, Senate Majority […]
Law enforcement sources subsequently told CNN that “the suspect in the murder of Charlie Kirk confessed to his father that he was the shooter.” Republican Utah Gov. Spencer Cox announced on Friday that 22-year-old Utah resident Tyler Robinson had been arrested as the suspect in the assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk. Cox said that […]
With the suspect still at large and the motive unknown, the president “seized the moment of widespread mourning to spread more hatred and division.” Despite the fact that the murderer of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk remained unidentified and still at large, President Donald Trump declared the “radical left” as “directly responsible” for the assassination in remarks from […]
“Unconscionable acts of violence should have no place in our country,” said Congresswoman Ilhan Omar—whom Kirk wanted to denaturalize and deport. “Let’s pray for no more lives being lost to gun violence.” Tuesday’s assassination of far-right firebrand Charlie Kirk in Utah drew widespread condemnation from many of the same progressive figures who have previously decried his rampant […]