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House Speaker Mike Johnson and Majority Leader Steve Scalise led a candlelight vigil for conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Johnson urged attendees to honor Kirk by advancing his principles of faith, freedom, and patriotism.

Scalise, a survivor of a 2017 shooting, condemned the escalating political violence.

House Speaker Mike Johnson and Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana led a candlelight Capitol vigil on Sept. 15 to honor slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Kirk was assassinated Sept. 10 on a Utah college campus.

“This was a heinous political violence, an assassination," Johnson said during the evening vigil in Statuatory Hall. "Our friend, Charlie, did not pass away in a car accident. He was assassinated for standing for his political beliefs. A

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