Fifty-eight Democrats opposed a resolution to honor the life — and condemn the assassination — of conservative activist Charlie Kirk on Friday.

The resolution is composed of a straightforward description of Kirk’s accomplishments and beliefs as he himself understood them, as well as an articulation of the seemingly uncontroversial principle that “leaders at every level — government, education, media, and beyond — must stand united in unequivocal condemnation of political violence, regardless of their ideology.” “The tragic loss of Charlie Kirk must not be allowed to deepen the divides in our Nation, but instead serve as a turning point to recommit ourselves to better angels, and to the timeless American principles of liberty governed by truth and the virtues of peaceful dialogue,” it read

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