The House of Representatives on Wednesday narrowly defeated a resolution seeking to censure Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., over recent remarks about Charlie Kirk.
The motion failed 214–213, preventing the measure from reaching a full House vote. Four Republicans — Reps. Mike Flood of Nebraska, Tom McClintock of California, Jeff Hurd of Colorado, and Cory Mills of Florida — joined Democrats in supporting the move.
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., introduced the resolution Tuesday as a “privileged” measure, requiring House leaders to act within two legislative days.
Mace introduced the resolution in response to Omar’s remarks following Kirk’s assassination, which sparked strong backlash from conservatives over an interview with the far-left outlet Zeteo, where she criticized Kirk’s past commentary as well as GOP reactions to his killing.
She told the outlet, days after Kirk’s assassination, that he had previously “downplayed slavery and what black people have gone through in this country by saying Juneteenth shouldn’t exist.”
“There are a lot of people out there talking about him just wanting to have a civil debate,” the “Squad” member said. “There is nothing more effed up than to completely pretend that his words and actions have not been recorded and in existence for the last decade or so.”
Kirk’s technique, practiced on every college campus he visited, was literally to engage audience members who disagreed with his points of view.
In a statement to Explain America’s Carmine Sabia, Mace ripped Omar over her remarks. “If you’re Somalia first, you’re not America first, and a one-way ticket to Somalia is the nicest thing we could do,” she said.
Earlier, in a response to Omar, Mace posted on the X platform: “If you celebrate murder, maybe Somalia can take you back.”
In a statement to Fox News Digital, Mace said Omar mocked the assassination of Kirk, who was a husband and father of two.
