In this episode, Nate Charles takes on the House floor controversy surrounding Speaker Mike Johnson’s call for a moment of silence to honor Charlie Kirk.
Nate points out that Congress has never extended such honors to pundits or activists—only to former government officials and heads of state, like Queen Elizabeth II. To make matters worse, Charlie Kirk played a pivotal role in fueling the protests that devolved into the January 6th attack on the Capitol—the very chamber where Johnson sought to pay him tribute.
This isn’t just tone-deaf; it’s wildly inappropriate. Democrats were right to push back, and any effort to whitewash Kirk’s legacy—or the MAGA movement more broadly—ignores America’s long struggle to overcome racism, bigotry, and white-power nationalism.
Nate closes with a sharp challenge to Speaker Johnson and anyone lamenting Democratic resistance: Are you really that willfully blind or dishonest? Because the answer is clear—and their denial is part of why America is in crisis today.
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