Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) and a gaggle of fellow MAGA lawmakers need a everlasting tribute to assassinated right-wing activist Charlie Kirk in Washington.
In a letter printed on-line Thursday, Luna known as on Home Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to “direct {that a} statue of Charlie Kirk be positioned in the US Capitol.”
“This isn’t a symbolic gesture, however a everlasting testomony to his life’s work, his braveness, and his sacrifice,” she wrote. “It’ll stand as a reminder that political disagreement must not ever be answered with violence, and that the battle for reality should keep on.”
Additionally within the letter, Luna acknowledged duty for Kirk’s dying “rests with the perpetrator” ― who at present stays at massive ― however stated People “should confront the broader cultural intolerance that enabled such a tragedy.”
She then contradictorily added: “Hateful rhetoric from the Left has created a poisonous setting the place one facet finds it acceptable to stoke worry and violence to silence civil dissent. We have to be clear: They’re the hate they declare to battle. Their phrases brought on this. Their hate brought on this.”
Captioning the letter, Luna stated she owed her “whole political profession to Charlie Kirk.”
“I’d fairly actually not be in workplace in the present day if it weren’t for him,” she stated. “Even when my very own celebration was working in opposition to me, Charlie endorsed me and campaigned to assist me win election.”
Republican Reps. Andy Ogles (Tenn.), Lauren Boebert (Colo.) and Andy Biggs (Ariz.) had been amongst these to co-sign the letter.
