Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., introduced a motion on Monday to censure Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., over comments she made about Charlie Kirk, seeking to add her House colleague to the growing list of people professionally punished for their speech in the wake of the conservative commentator’s killing last week.

Omar’s office said Tuesday that the measure was an example of Republican hypocrisy over the concept of free speech .

“Congresswoman Omar was one of the first to condemn Charlie Kirk’s murder. She explicitly expressed her sympathies and prayers to his wife and children. She condemned his assassination and has routinely condemned political violence, no matter the political ideology,” a spokesperson from Omar’s office said in a statement to The Intercept.

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