Dem attendance sparse at prayer vigil for Charlie Kirk on Capitol Hill

Home Speaker Mike Johnson led a prayer vigil for Charlie Kirk contained in the Capitol’s Statuary Corridor on Monday night that was open to members of each events. Whereas scores of Republicans and the occasion’s prime three senior leaders from the Home had been current on the vigil, their Democratic counterparts weren’t seen in attendance by Fox Information Digital. 

Reps. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., Don Davis, D-N.C., John Larson, D-Conn., Jimmy Panetta, D-Calif., Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., and Chris Pappas, D-N.H., had been amongst these Democrats noticed.

“Scripture reminds us that we shouldn’t be overcome by evil, however we should always overcome evil with good. That’s the legacy of Charlie Kirk,” Johnson advised these gathered on the vigil. “I feel one of the best ways to honor the reminiscence of Charlie Kirk is to dwell as he lived.”

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Majority Chief Steve Scalise, Majority Whip Tom Emmer and Republican Convention Chair Lisa McClain additionally supplied phrases of tribute on the vigil.

“The assassination of Charlie Kirk wasn’t simply an assault on one particular person, it was an assault on the standard values that make our nation this nice nation,” Emmer stated. “Nice values of free speech, civil discourse, public debate, the flexibility to assume independently and voice your opinions, change concepts, and even disagree with each other, however to take action with out concern of bodily retribution.”

Emmer added, “The truth that he obtained killed for it, and lots of People consequently celebrated his homicide, begs the query: how will we get so distant from the values our nation was constructed upon? Extra importantly, how will we get again?”

A view of flowers and pictures laid by mourners exterior the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria on Sept. 11, 2025. (Phill Magakoe/AFP/Getty Photos)

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Lawmakers from either side of the aisle have roundly condemned the development of political violence following Kirk’s assassination. However, regardless of the condemnation and expressions of sorrow from either side of the political aisle, there have nonetheless been some contentious moments on the Hill following Kirk’s loss of life.

On the day of Kirk’s passing, a second of silence for the slain activist contained in the Home Chamber devolved into chaos after Republican South Carolina Rep. Lauren Boebert requested a spoken prayer be stated along with a silent prayer, which was met with protest from Democrats. Some reportedly started shouting about how Republicans had ignored a faculty capturing that occurred the identical day as Kirk’s, in keeping with media reviews. In the meantime, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., stood up and commenced shouting again, saying, “You all brought on this.”

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., is dealing with efforts by Republicans to strip her of her committee assignments and seats after she disparaged Kirk’s legacy shortly after his assassination. 

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After Kirk’s homicide, she advised the progressive information outlet Zeteo that Kirk beforehand “downplayed slavery and what Black individuals have gone via on this nation by saying Juneteenth should not exist.”

“There are lots of people who’re on the market speaking about him simply desirous to have a civil debate,” Omar stated. “There’s nothing extra effed up, , like, than to fully fake that, , his phrases and actions haven’t been recorded and in existence for the final decade or so.”