Rep Omar mentioned slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk has no legacy to honor

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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., mentioned it was a "tragedy" that conservative activist Charlie Kirk was killed "in that means," and mentioned there isn't any legacy to honor.

Omar spoke to former CNN anchor Don Lemon during which he requested her about criticism of her earlier feedback about Kirk and if she would apologize.

"Nicely, I've nothing to apologize for," Omar mentioned. "You realize, it's a tragedy that Charlie Kirk was killed in that means. I really feel for his widow and his youngsters. They must reside with that for the remainder of their lives."

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Rep. Ilhan Omar speaks on the Congressional Black Caucus. (Renee Jones Schneider/Star Tribune by way of Getty Photographs)

She went on to sentence Kirk, arguing, "However there isn't any legacy to honor. It was a legacy crammed with bigotry, hatred, and White supremacy. And as a Black girl and as a Muslim on this nation, I refuse to hitch the refrain that adjustments the historical past of what's on the report from this man."

She argued that Kirk’s defenders can "do no matter they wish to do, however I'm not going to be bullied into complacency, into dishonoring who I'm and what I stand for simply to make them really feel comfy."

When requested for remark about her saying it was a "tragedy that Charlie Kirk was killed in that means," a spokesperson for Omar advised Fox Information Digital that the congresswoman has "clearly condemned" Kirk's homicide and expressed condolences a number of occasions.

The spokesperson additionally accused right-wing shops of making "disingenuous makes an attempt" to twist the Squad member's phrases and put her life at risk.

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Rep. Ilhan Omar dismissed blowback from supporters of Charlie Kirk. (Melissa Majchrzak/AFP by way of Getty Photographs; Michael Le Brecht/Disney by way of Getty Photographs)

Earlier within the interview, Omar argued that conservatives are desirous to blame political violence on the left to allow them to use it as an excuse to crack down on them.

"I believe to them it's simple accountable another person. It's onerous for them to face the truth that there's something flawed, and that they've to handle it," she mentioned. "Whether it is somebody such as you and I, then they might simply be like, ‘Hey Black individuals, repair your drawback.’ They by no means take into consideration like, ‘Okay, there's a drawback on this nation the place we've got younger White males who're choosing up a gun, mass executing individuals, and we must always discuss that.’ And that is not a dialog that they are all in favour of having as a result of they reasonably deal with you and I."

Omar had beforehand been criticized for her condemnation of Kirk on a podcast to the extent she was hit with a Home Ethics Committee criticism.

Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., pressured a vote on censuring Omar over her response to Kirk's killing, however the transfer was quashed when 4 Republicans and all Democrats voted to desk the measure.

Omar particularly confronted backlash over an interview with progressive information outlet Zeteo, during which she criticized Kirk's previous commentary and Republicans' response to the taking pictures. She later accused Republicans of taking her phrases out of context, and she or he referred to as Kirk's dying "mortifying."