Have congressional Democrats no decency?
Based on their response to the assassination of conservative icon Charlie Kirk, the obvious answer is “no”. While the tragic assassination of Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, sent shockwaves through the conservative movement and beyond, it got no sympathy from congressional Democrats – not even a modicum of common decency.
Kirk, a prominent voice for young conservatives, was gunned down while speaking at Utah Valley University—a horrific act of political violence that should have united lawmakers in solemn reflection. Instead, what unfolded on the House floor was an extreme and disturbing display of partisanship and hostility that revealed the deep moral fracture in American politics.
Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert requested a spoken prayer for Kirk and his grieving family – more than just a moment of silence. Her appeal was met not with compassion, but with jeers and shouts of “No!” from Democrat lawmakers. (Are you kidding me?) The chamber erupted into chaos, with Speaker Mike Johnson pounding his gavel in a futile attempt to restore order.
This moment was more than just a breach of decorum. It was a window into the soul of a political party that increasingly treats conservative lives as expendable and conservative grief as unworthy of respect. The refusal to allow a prayer—something so basic, so human—was not just a rejection of Kirk’s legacy. It was a rejection of empathy itself.
Some Democrats attempted to redirect the conversation to a school shooting that occurred the same day in Colorado in which two students were injured. While that tragedy also deserves attention and prayer, the timing and tone of the congressional Democrats’ interjections felt less like a call for broader compassion and more like a deliberate effort to drown out mourning for a conservative figure. One Democrat reportedly shouted, “Pass some gun laws!”—a jarring politicization of a moment that called for unity and mutual mourning.
This behavior is part of a troubling pattern. Increasingly, Democratic rhetoric toward conservatives is not just oppositional—it’s dehumanizing. Conservatives are routinely labeled as fascists, extremists, or threats to democracy. Charlie Kirk himself was often wrongfully vilified by the left for his unapologetic views. His assassin believed Kirk was a fascist hatemonger — two things Kirk was not. (But where did the killer get that idea? Hmm?
When such rhetoric becomes normalized, it creates a climate where violence feels justified – even compelling — to the unhinged. Ironically, the very hatred that Democrats project onto conservatives – including the refusal to mourn — is what fuels the kind of radicalization that leads to acts of violence.
To be clear, no one is suggesting that Democratic lawmakers pulled the trigger. But the hateful rhetoric contributed to the motivation. That is now an established fact. When Democrats refuse to condemn violence unequivocally, when they oppose and mock mournful prayer for a slain political opponent — and when they treat conservative grief as a nuisance — it sends a dangerous message. It says that some lives matter less. It says that political violence is tolerable—so long as the victim is on the wrong side of the aisle.
This moment should have been an opportunity for healing. Instead, it became a spectacle of cruelty. Democrats who shouted down the prayer did not just disrespect Charlie Kirk—they disrespected the very idea of bipartisan humanity. Their actions were not just outrageous. They were emblematic of a deeper rot in our political culture.
If America is to survive this era of division, we must reclaim the basic decency that allows us to mourn together, regardless of ideology. We must reject the politics of contempt and remember that behind every headline is a human being—a father, a husband, a friend. Charlie Kirk was all of those things. We must be more like Kirk.
Shame on those congressional Democrats who could not put their ugly partisan hatred aside even for a few minutes to honor and mourn the untimely death of a good man. Charlie Kirk deserved better. In fact, the nation deserves better.
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Larry, What a disgusting piece of drivel this one is. Can you be a bit more divisive? (The answer is no). While Kirk was known for encouraging free speech on both sides, he was also known for divisive speech regarding Jews, gays, second amendment rights-you name it, the entire conservative repertoire. Of course he didn’t deserve to be shot, and I understand that he was a hero to many on the right, but he was not a hero to the nation as a whole and to be honest I find it disgusting that flags have been lowered to half staff to ‘honor his memory’ and that he might receive the congressional Medal of Honor posthumously (of course rush Limbaugh has already cheapened that honor when he received it and it would hard to find a more divisive, unworthy recipient than him…). So no, private citizen Charlie Kirk is far less worthy of a moment of silence than the school children who have been shot (and of course you have to question how sincere these members of Congress who wanted a moment of silence when they refuse to do anything about the proliferance of weapons in this country).
We are armed and patriotic. Get over it and yourself, asshole. The same goes for dunger
Walleye, I spell my name: danger. Don’t be a wiener.
I think the author will recall that we are a secular nation which means our Federal Government separates itself from religions and religious beliefs; we have no official state religion and we treat all citizens equally regardless of religion. So what faith was the prayer to be? Keep your religions, all of them, out of our public affairs, all of them.
The ability to say a prayer before a house session was affirmed by the Supreme Court in 1983 and 2014 cases. The rationale: tradition and history. And split decisions at that. We had done an opening prayer since the beginning, or there abouts. We did not do it during session, historically. There has been no ruling for prayer during sessions and Boebert did not seek one as would be the proper process and procedure. They don’t even say a prayer for fallen representatives. “I believe that silent prayers get silent results,” Boebert said as if her opinion when speaking for God matters. “Is there someone who could lead us in a moment of prayer out loud for Charlie and his family” as in she didn’t even have a person or prayer ready. But she did have a clue as to the spectacle would unfold and perhaps that was her reasoning all along: makes for great TV. Groans and shouts came out instantly, something about the CO school shooting and then Boebert added she wanted that in the prayer too. Then Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), stood up and started shouting expletives at the Democrats like “you fucking caused this” before Speaker Johnson could bang them into silence. Given what Luna has been saying about liberal complicity in Kirk’s murder, Democrats knew what she meant. She claims we are out to murder her too. She said it. So far no Democrat has confirmed that.
Working in a large corporation, you learn early the stated and unstated rules and ways to proceed in meetings, large and small. You learn to conform to the process, to work within the system, is the best way to get things done, not be a bull in a China closet for fun and folly. You always know the tally before you take the vote. You know the answer before you pose the question. IF one was suggesting something new, something different, no matter what it was, one would canvas the gatekeepers before blurting it out in a meeting. Otherwise, one might expect a CLM moment (career limiting move), if for the break in decorum alone. Sounds time consuming, but that’s corporate life. Or as we said: the pioneers on point always take the first arrows. Boebert should have reached across the aisle, perhaps even on her side of the aisle, and test the waters before she went skinny dipping. Turned out, that water was pretty chilly and plenty of arrows in the quivers.
She chose to be on point and let the arrows fly even though all wet before she started.
We need adult professionals in Congress, not children hurling expletives at those they feel are their enemies. We are all Americans. We are all of adult age. Act like it. And bring back the proper filibuster while you are at it.
The democrat of today is an entirely different animal than we saw back in the 60s. They were always liars, but now they lack any humanity they might have had.
Jerome-Democrats of today are different than they were in the 60’s, but not nearly as different as today’s republicans are. Can you imagine a Nixon or Eisenhower being nominated to lead your party? Even Reagan, who started the Republican Party down their current path would never be elected. All of these people realized that in order for government to work, there needed to be compromises. In addition, the people who were elected officials in the Republican Party were people the nation (for the most part) could admire, unlike the ignorant grifters in the current administration, whose motto is “if I can make a few bucks off my retarded supporters, I will do it”. So your comments, as ignorant as they are, basically show you have not done your job to stay informed about what is really going on in the United States.
Democrats have no morals, no value, and no principles. They haven’t used them since they used them in the 50s when they were more civil. Joe Biden did them in with his pervert policies of transgenderism, abortion, unaccountable crimes, political hacking, taking parents voice from their children, investigating on false pretenses, political opponents and their God given rights.
America should note their deceitfulness and lies. They are not worthy to rule again in our government.
They have far exceeded their corrupt ways.
Manny, but not just Manny alone, there are many Manny’s on both sides feeling similar thoughts as Manny states: “Democrats have no morals, no value, and no principles. They haven’t used them since they used them in the 50s when they were more civil.” All Democrats have “NO VALUE” because they have “NO MORALs and NO PRINCIPLES.” If this were true, what should you do? What do you think I think you want to do if you say something like that?
I disagree with the Manny’s of the world on many issues, most issues, but I would never conclude Republicans have no morals or principles concluding they are of no value. Sorry, Manny, but I still love ya man. I like my Republican friends. I like you folks speaking out, showing your diversity in your ideas, your passion, and your patriotism. I do not like when anyone twists, stomps on, or breaks the law. Especially to solve their petty, personal, vendettas sometimes going back decades as to the perceived slight.
No matter what you think of me, that will not change. I will attack you on your ideas, but not your personality except in those cases where I respond in kind to your name changing taunts. And I have will soon quit responding to these fools who can’t treat me with basic human respect.
I am not deceitful, I do not lie, and I am worthy. People round here like to say I am a lying hellspawn of hate, but rarely come up with specific examples of my egregious errors because they don’t exist. And I love it when on one hand they see Biden as a drooling, dilapidated, brain-dead, stuttering, old man who needs help to fart dust and, on the other hand, Biden is a brilliant man who you think masterminds “with his pervert policies of transgenderism, abortion, unaccountable crimes, political hacking, taking parents voice from their children, investigating on false pretenses, political opponents and their God given rights.” Pretty good job for a total dolt to become a criminal mastermind.
Manny, it is utter lunacy to think that half the nation is unworthy, without morals, without principles, and has no value whatsoever. If you really believed half the nation is destroying the nation, shouldn’t you do more than whine about it on PBP? It’s the kind of thing our enemies like Putin, Xi Jinping, Kim Jong Un, Ali Khamenei, and Erdogan would all love to see. Us going at each other with the passion of your determinations of Democrats. Great job, you made their day! But not Manny alone. Because it takes a village, ask the condemned witches of Salem, to act on Manny’s vision for a better America.
Manny is one step away from advocating political violence to make him feel better about the frustrations in his life.