
My good friend Charlie would not want any of us to be consumed by despair
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My good friend Charlie would not want any of us to be consumed by despair

Calling people Nazis and fascists is not helpful

And I think everyone would do well to be reminded of that model

It does take a certain measure of courage to step out and to lead.

And I think the best way we honor his memory is to continue to do that very thing and not shy away from debate.

There will be. You know, we had a moment of prayer and silent reflection on the floor on Wednesday.

I do believe that desperate times call for desperate measures, and I think appropriate sanctions on Russia are far overdue.

We have been working very hard in the House to restore regular order in the appropriations government funding process.

We will have to see. I have got to build consensus around all of it, but I think we will need a short-term funding measure, a clean C.R. that will allow more time to figure all this out.

I think the best way we honor his memory is to continue to do that very thing and not shy away from debate, to keep the free marketplace of ideas going, but to work on the tone of those debates.

What I do know, Major, is that my good friend Charlie would not want any of us to be consumed by despair. He would want us to go forward boldly. That was his message, and to do it in love.

We’re under a very thorough review of the existing options and how we might need to enhance that to ensure member security and safety.

I’m basically going to cancel with extreme prejudice these evil, sick animals who celebrated Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

I’m going to use Congressional authority and every influence with big tech platforms to mandate immediate ban for life of every post or commenter that belittled the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

So, I’m going to lean forward in this fight, demanding that big tech have zero tolerance for violent political hate content, the user to be banned from ALL PLATFORMS FOREVER.

I'm going to use Congressional authority and every influence with big tech platforms to mandate immediate ban for life of every post or commenter that belittled the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

I'm going to lean forward in this fight, demanding that big tech have zero tolerance for violent political hate content, the user to be banned from ALL PLATFORMS FOREVER.

The problem, ultimately, at the end of the day, is the human heart, that’s what we got to address.