Overview

• In a CNN interview, Rep. Ilhan Omar reaffirmed calling Charlie Kirk a reprehensible, hateful man and defended sharing a video likening him to Dr. Frankenstein.
• Omar expressed condolences to Kirk’s family but said she will not honor his public legacy, which she argued should be left in the dustbin of history.
• A House effort to censure Omar over her remarks was narrowly tabled in a 214–213 vote after four Republicans joined Democrats.
• Golf star Phil Mickelson condemned Omar on X, claiming she came to the U.S. fraudulently and saying he hopes she is sent back to Somalia.
• Republicans in some states moved to memorialize Kirk, including Oklahoma Sen. Shane Jett, who filed bills for campus statues and a state holiday after Kirk’s Sept. 10 assassination at Utah Valley University.