Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) criticized the late Charlie Kirk in a media appearance with progressive Mehdi Hasan on Thursday.

Omar said, among other things, that Kirk downplayed slavery and claimed that “guns save lives” following a school shooting.

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Her comments come hours after an assassin pierced Kirk’s neck with a bullet, killing him in broad daylight with hundreds of bystanders watching. The killer has not been caught yet.

“Right, [he] had no regard,” Omar replied to Hasan, who said Kirk called George Floyd a “scumbag.”

“Downplayed slavery and wh

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