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.

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[–] 677 points 1 year ago (12 children)

Why the fuck would EU Parliament give a shit about an American YouTuber?

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  • [–] 65 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    They cause an uproar anytime they don't get what they want. Like toddlers having a tantrum. It's part of a very calculated strategy, and the sad part is, it seems to work.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I work for a major casino in Nevada. During the last campaign, we hosted both Tim Walz and Donald Trump. When Walz was here, his supporters were absolutely pleasant to have over. Polite, mature, etc. Then the Trump Campaign had their event, their supporters made it a point to go around the casino acting like immature high school kids that just attended a pep rally. It was like they were going out of their way to disrupt operations of a business that actually welcomed them in. It really exemplifies the type of absolute trash filling that portion of the American population.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I'm still trying to decide how much is that, and how much they just like outraging. Gets the blood pumping, y'know.

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  • [–] 104 points 1 year ago*

    He's not just a YouTuber, he's a Republican Mega-Bundler. One of the richest country's premier bagmen has been slain. How can you be so callous? It's not like he's a Palestinian or a Minnesota Congressperson or a Colorado school kid, here. He's important!

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yeah, the GOP keeps trying to make this asshole into something more than he's not. He wasn't even part of ANY government service. Like, this clown wasn't even a local parks and rec employee of a small town.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    the GOp need something to unify the disarra-yed supporters of magats. THE MSM will just sweep this under the rug like they did with RUSH, ONCE THE NEWS cycle blows over, they did nothing of noteworthy to benefit society so they will just disappear as soon as people reorient themselves with epstein again.

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