A moment of silence for conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who died after being shot in the neck Wednesday at an event in Utah, devolved into frustrated shouts on the House floor Wednesday.

Moments of silence, while not unusual in the House for tragedies, are typically undisturbed.

But this time, as it ended, Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., said from the floor that “silent prayer gets silent results” and asked about a spoken prayer. This spurred House Democrats to begin yelling, with Republicans responding with shouts of their own.

The calls from Democrats on the floor were comments critical of the Republican Party’s opposition to laws aimed at reducing gun violence.

“Pass some gun laws,” one Democrat yelled.

Kirk, 31, was shot at an event at at Utah Valley University in the city of Or

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