In Mourning, Still at War: Resolution for Charlie Kirk Exposes Fault Lines, AOC Gives Floor Speech [WATCH]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on Friday broke with the majority of the House, voting against a resolution honoring slain Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk. She argued the measure would bring “great pain” to millions of Americans. Speaking after the vote, Ocasio-Cortez condemned political violence in all its forms, but said Republicans had chosen to advance a measure she cast as divisive rather than unifying. “The resolution only underscores the majority’s recklessness by choosing to author this condemnation and honoring on a purely partisan basis, instead of uniting Congress in this tragedy with one of the many bipartisan options to