By Lauren Burke

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus were split on the question of whether Charlie Kirk, a rightwing commentator with controversial views on race, should be honored by a lengthy Republican-penned resolution in his honor.

The final vote tells part of the story. All Republicans who voted, 215, voted in favor of the Kirk Resolution (with four missing the vote) along with 95 Democrats. Fifty-eight Democrats voted against the Kirk Resolution and 38 members, all Democrats, voted “present.” The most interesting tally of the vote one the Kirk Resolution was the number of members of the U.S. House who “missed” the vote: 26. Members of the Congressional Black Caucus who voted in favor of honoring Charlie Kirk were Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-BY), Reps. Don Davis (D-NC

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