Johnson Responds To Rhetoric

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Well, apparently, we’re supposed to just shrug and move on.

Charlie Kirk is assassinated. Ilhan Omar gets on a podcast and essentially blames him for his own murder. And Speaker Mike Johnson? He gives a nice little soundbite on Fox News and then retreats behind the same old “let’s turn down the rhetoric” routine.

Are you kidding?

Let’s back up. Charlie Kirk, a conservative voice with a massive reach, is gunned down in broad daylight. Tragic? Absolutely. But for Ilhan Omar, it’s not a moment to grieve, reflect, or show some basic human decency. No, she jumps on the Mehdi Hasan podcast and immediately shifts into attack mode. Not against the shooter. Against Charlie.

She says people claiming Kirk just wanted civil debate are “full of sh-t.” She accuses him of spewing dangerous rhetoric. Hasan chimes in, agreeing enthusiastically — because of course he does — and together they paint the picture: Charlie Kirk basically had it coming.

And then Omar goes further.

She accuses Trump — surprise, surprise — of inciting violence. She claims that Republicans are happy to see people like Kamala Harris killed. That’s right. She went there. She said — on the record — that conservatives don’t mind if Vice President Harris is assassinated.

Read that again.

But Johnson’s big response? “That’s not helpful language.”

Really, Mike? That’s the best you’ve got? Omar goes on national platforms and implies the conservative movement is responsible for Kirk’s death — and you’re worried about tone?

It’s more than tone. It’s incitement.

Let’s flip the script. Imagine a Republican congressman said a left-wing activist deserved to die because of “stochastic terrorism” or was “full of sh-t” for defending their beliefs. You think MSNBC would be hand-wringing about “rhetoric”? No. They’d be calling for resignations, criminal investigations, social media bans, and 24/7 coverage.

But Omar? She gets a pass. Again.

And this isn’t new. This is the same Ilhan Omar who once accused Jewish students of being “pro-genocide.” The same one who said “Israel has hypnotized the world.” The same one who plays identity politics like a sport and then cries victim when anyone pushes back.

She was already removed from the Foreign Affairs Committee last year — a move she celebrated like it was a badge of honor. And now she’s right back at it, spewing the same toxic vitriol with zero accountability.

At some point, this stops being about Omar. She’s not going to change. This is who she is.

The problem now is Republican leadership.

Because if Mike Johnson — the Speaker of the House, the guy with the power — can’t even muster the spine to strip her of committee assignments after this, then what exactly is he doing?

Why is it that the base has more guts than its elected leaders? Why does it take grassroots pressure and public outrage to get Republicans to act like… Republicans?

Buddy Carter just introduced a resolution to boot her from two committees. That should’ve come from Johnson’s office before breakfast. Instead, we get vague platitudes on Sunday talk shows while Omar reposts videos celebrating Kirk’s death and calling him a “stochastic terrorist.”

One video Omar reposted even said, “Charlie Kirk was Dr. Frankenstein, and his monster shot him through the neck.” That’s the rhetoric she’s aligning with. That’s what she’s amplifying to her followers.

This is not normal.

This isn’t just some “spirited debate” over politics. This is a sitting member of Congress echoing, amplifying, and justifying the murder of a fellow American — because he held the wrong opinions.

And Johnson? He shrugs.

If Republicans can’t find the courage to expel someone openly condoning political violence, then we’re already losing the fight — not because of the left, but because of our own cowardice.

The American people are watching. And they’re not just watching Ilhan Omar.

They’re watching the Speaker of the House.

And so far, what they’re seeing isn’t leadership. It’s appeasement.

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