House Rejects Bid to Censure Rep. Ilhan Omar Over Charlie Kirk Comments

The House of Representatives on Sept. 17 rejected a bid to censure Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) for comments she made about conservative influencer Charlie Kirk following his assassination. The censure motion, brought by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), would have also stripped Omar of her assignments on the Education and the Workforce Committee and the Budget Committee. It was tabled in a 214–213 vote. Four Republicans joined all Democrats in voting to drop consideration of the measure. The motion regarded the remarks Omar made about Kirk during an interview on Zeteo. During the interview, Omar criticized those she said were “people who are out there talking about him just wanting to have a civil debate.”...