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Dozens of Democrats decided not to join Republicans in approving a resolution honoring conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated in Utah last week.
The House of Representatives adopted the resolution, which honors Kirk’s life and legacy and condemns political violence, in a largely bipartisan vote on Friday.
While 95 Democrats backed the resolution, 38 Democrats voted “present,” 58 voted against the resolution, and 22 did not vote at all. Democratic leaders told party members Thursday that they would support the resolution but advised members to vote their conscience, with many unable to celebrate Kirk’s politics even as they condemn his murder.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York, Whip Katherine Clark of Massachusetts, and Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar of California all supported the resolution.
House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana introduced the measure on Tuesday, and garnered over 100 co-sponsors by Thursday, all of whom were Republicans.
The Democrat votes broke out as follows:
Democrats who voted Against:
Gabe Amo of Rhode Island
Joyce Beatty of Ohio
Wesley Bell of Missouri
Sanford Bishop Jr. of Georgia
Shontel Brown of Ohio
Andre Carson of Indiana
Troy Carter of Louisiana
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida
Yvette Clarke of New York
Emanuel Cleaver of Missouri
Jim Clyburn of South Carolina
Jasmine Crockett of Texas
Danny Davis of Illinois
Veronica Escobar of Texas
Adriano Espaillat of New York
Cleo Fields of Louisiana
Shomari Figures of Alabama
Valerie Foushee of North Carolina
Maxwell Frost of Florida
Sylvia Garcia of Texas
Al Green of Texas
Jimmy Gomez of California
Jahana Hayes of Connecticut
Steven Horsford of Nevada
Glenn Ivey of Maryland
Jonathan Jackson of Illinois
Pramila Jayapal of Washington
Hank Johnson Jr. of Georgia
Sydney Kamlager-Dove of California
Robin Kelly of Illinois
Raja Krishnamoorthi of Illinois
Summer Lee of Pennsylvania
Lucy McBath of Georgia
LaMonica McIver of New Jersey
Robert Menendez of New Jersey
Kweisi Mfume of Maryland
Gwen Moore of Wisconsin
Seth Moulton of Massachusetts
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York
Ilhan Omar of Minnesota
Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts
Mike Quiqley of Illinois
Delia Ramirez of Illinois
Emily Randall of Washington
Robert Scott of Virginia
Terri Sewell of Alabama
Lateefah Simon of California
Marilyn Strickland of Washington
Emilia Strong Sykes of Ohio
Shri Thanedar of Michigan
Bennie Thompson of Mississippi
Rashida Tlaib of Michigan
Lauren Underwood of Illinois
Nydia Velazquez of New York
Maxine Waters of California
Bonnie Watson Coleman of New Jersey
Nikema Williams of Georgia
Frederica Wilson of Florida
Democrats who voted “Present”
Alma Adams of North Carolina
Donald Beyer Jr. of Virginia
Suzanne Bonamici of Oregon
Julia Brownly of California
Janelle Bynum of Oregon
Salud Carbajal of California
Greg Casar of Texas
Diana DeGette of Colorado
Mark DeSaulnier of California
Maxine Dexter of Oregon
Lloyd Doggett of Texas
Dwight Evans of Pennsylvania
Lois Frankel of Florida
Laura Friedman of California
John Garamendi of California
Daniel Goldman of New York
Maggie Goodlander of New Hampshire
Val Hoyle of Oregon
Sara Jacobs of California
Julie Johnson of Texas
Timothy Kennedy of New York
Ro Khanna of California
Doris Matsui of California
Jennifer McClellan of Virginia
Grace Meng of New York
Brittany Petterson of Colorado
Chellie Pingree of Maine
Mark Pocan of Wisconsin
Andrea Salinas of Oregon
Linda Sanchez of California
Mary Gay Scanlon of Pennsylvania
Brad Sherman of California
Suhas Subramanyam of Virginia
Mike Thompson of California
Jill Tokuda of Hawaii
Paul Tonko of New York
Gabe Vasquez of New Mexico
James Walkinshaw of Virginia
Democrats who did not vote:
Nanette Diaz Barragan of California
Sean Casten of Illinois
Kathy Castor of Florida
Joaquin Castro of Texas
Steve Cohen of Tennessee
Herbert Conaway Jr. of New Jersey
Robert Garcia of California
Jesus Garcia of Illinois
George Latimer of New York
Teresa Leger Fernandez of New Mexico
Kevin Mullin of California
Joe Neguse of Colorado
Donald Norcross of New Jersey
Nancy Pelosi of California
Raul Ruiz of California
Janice Schakowsky of Illinois
Derek Schmidt of Kansas
Melanie Stansbury of New Mexico
Eric Swalwell of California
Norma Torres of California
Ritchie Torres of New York
Marc Veasey of Texas
Eugene Vindman of Virginia
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