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.
(movie trailer voice) They made fun of liberal weenies.
(character from movie) Universal Healthcare is only bad for insurance executives!
(movie trailer voice) They ridiculed queer voices.
(movie caricature of bi guy at a protest, southern U.S. accent) The Bible says Adam AND Eve, not Adam OR Eve!"
(movie trailer voice) This summer, the Left strikes right back.
July 4
SOCIAL JUSTICE WARRIOR
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(movie trailer voice) They thought making fun of people trying to do the right thing was funny and cringe, until those people started to show more spine and action than anybody else.