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A second of silence for Charlie Kirk on the Home ground Wednesday devolved right into a shouting match after a Republican consultant demanded a prayer be stated out loud for the conservative who was shot earlier within the day.
As lawmakers stood silently in a principally stuffed Home of Representatives chamber throughout a second of silence for the conservative who was shot and killed at Utah Valley College throughout an on-campus occasion Wednesday, Colorado Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert demanded a spoken prayer.
“Please rise for a second of prayer for Charlie Kirk and his household,” Home Speaker Mike Johnson stated. Lawmakers obliged for a number of seconds, earlier than returning to common order. Nevertheless, as soon as that began to occur, Boebert spoke up.
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Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., speaks with reporters as she leaves the U.S. Capitol for the weekend on Might 17, 2024, in Washington, D.C. ( Kevin Dietsch/Getty Pictures)
“Silent prayers get silent outcomes,” Boebert stated. She may be heard asking for a prayer to be stated “out loud.”
The Colorado Republican’s feedback resulted in shouts from Democrats. Some reportedly started shouting again about how Republicans had ignored a faculty capturing that occurred Wednesday as nicely, in keeping with the New York Occasions.
In the meantime, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., stood up and started shouting again. “You all brought about this,” she stated.
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Lawmakers flip and look to see the place the commotion is coming from after Rep. Lauren Boebert started requesting a prayer be stated out loud following a second of silence for Charlie Kirk. (U.S. Home of Representatives)
Speaker Johnson tried to quell the gang a number of instances, banging his gavel and asking for order. Ultimately, he stated: “We’ll be part of for prayer proper after this, OK?”
Kirk was shot within the neck whereas talking to a large crowd at Utah Worth College, situated in Orem, Utah, from beneath a tent in the midst of the college’s out of doors quad. Kirk was transported to an area hospital, however was later pronounced lifeless. He was on the college for an occasion as a part of Turning Level USA’s “American Comeback Tour” that launched this spring.
Charlie Kirk was murdered on Sept. 10, 2025, at Utah Worth College. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)
Kirk was the founding father of Turning Level USA, established in 2012. The political nonprofit constructed its identify by participating youth folks on college campuses about politics. Kirk continuously went across the nation to campuses to talk at occasions.
