Right-wing lawmakers pushed for a tribute to the U.S. conservative influencer who was shot dead.
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola on Thursday rejected a bid by right-wing factions to hold a minute of silence for slain U.S. conservative influencer Charlie Kirk.
The initiative was first proposed by Charlie Weimers, an MEP from the right-wing European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), as a symbolic measure “to declare that our right to freedom of speech cannot be extinguished,” according to an email chain with dozens of MEPs that was seen by POLITICO.
If you’re gonna be silent for a minute every time some American is gunned to death we’d never be able to talk
Why is this relevant to EU? Some US podcaster has died… Not anyone important
Who is this guy Kirk and why would EU Parlament hold a minute of silence? Seriosly, he is just another gun violence victim in US, not EU problem. Not even US problem, every idiot can have a gun so “you ask for it”.
Why should anyone hold a vigil? The guy was essentially a loudmouthed pundit. A nobody. This is a cynical power grab by fascists. They try to weaponize everything. A moment of thanks and a toast to his passing would be more appropriate.
He was a podcaster. His death means nothing. It’s manufactured hate and blame by MAGA world. What changed today from his death? Nothing.
holding a vigil to someone died in the US, responsible for turning men to the right wing manosphere with rhetoric and violence. this has russian back influenced all over it, right wing groups need to shore up thier support for the voters.
It should either not happen at all or become a worthy tradition. Who wouldn’t like to mourn Shapiro, Tate, Peterson, Netanyahu, Trump, Vance etc passing if they take off in a timely fashion? It wouldn’t hurt to have said moment of silence every week or so.
“Why would anyone in Europe care?”
I think the point of it would be to signal to Trump that Europe is his vassal. Trump says it’s sad that this guy is dead, therefore Europe is sad. Doesn’t really matter who it is or what’s up. You’re just following the pledge of fealty.
So, I think it’s good that the EU decided they’re sovereign for now. This sort of thing is always an ongoing project.
Here in Australia there’s a few Trump sycophants that pull this type of stuff occasionally, or try saying “make Australia great again”, and just nutters that put Trump stickers and whatever on their cars.
The only explanation I’ve been able to develop is that they enjoy the reactions they get from people. In the same way siblings antagonise each other for a cheap thrill, these guys just like the feeling of antagonising people.
Our recent election has shown that Trumpism doesn’t get much love here in Australia.
Yeah, keyword is “right wing” lawmakers.
In my country at least, the far right is currently looking up to the US and sucking off Trump. Their true master is Putin, but they can’t praise Putin in public, we used to be part of the union.
If they had a minute of silence for him, to be fair they’d need to have a minute of silence for every American gun death, and then they could never say anything.
At least then they couldn’t pass chat control 😎
European here.
I don’t give a fuck about dead Nazis.
I’m downright celebrating.
Now if only uh…ALL OF THEM could die of lung rot, I’d be satisfied.
We thank you for that.
Good. Absolute shit state of affairs that so many people in this country think this ratshit motherfucker deserves to be eulogized.
Why not? They’re the good kind.
That is true.
I prefer my Nazis dead
I do.
A fuck of approval that is!
Pwwweeese, we need a moment of silence for
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adolf hitler’s #1 follower 🥺👉👈
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As a reminder, we hanged people at Nuremberg for doing exactly what Charlie Kirk spent his whole career doing.
A minute of silence for every dead child in Gaza or nothing for no one.
If we did a minute of silence per child in Gaza murdered by the IDF maybe they would realize how bad this is
That’s months of silence.
I think the orphan-crushing machine will only stop when it’s eaten itself or has been beaten up.
Unfortunately you’re correct
Did they request a moment of silence for the children who were masacred?
Or just for the guy that preached hate?
Definitely just the guy that preached hate, they don’t care about the kids, but I am curious if they held one for the elected democratic members that were assassinated a few months prior.
No they did not. President couldn’t even mention them in his latest statement when speaking of all the recent victims of gun violence. He skipped over the the names of legislators that actually died. Of course those names are of Democrats.
Oh no. Anyway release the Epstein files
While I agree, do you actually think it will change anything?
Nothing fundamentally. Might speed up the course we’re on but that about it.
