\u201cCensure is formal punishment by the House and we have already gone too far down this road. Omar\u2019s comments were not made in the House and even if they were, they broke no House rules. A free society depends on tolerating ALL speech \u2014 even hateful speech \u2014 confident that the best way to sort good from evil is to put the two side by side and trust the people to know the difference.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hurd responded similarly, \u201cIlhan Omar\u2019s comments about the assassination of Charlie Kirk, as well as her comments about those who supported Charlie, are ghoulish and evil. I condemn them completely.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Also Read : JUST IN: Kash Patel Hints At Massive Conspiracy Behind Charlie Kirk\u2019s Assassination<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBut I voted against today\u2019s censure because it tried to strip another Member of Congress from committees and to silence her for exercising the First Amendment right to free speech. The right response to reprehensible speech like this isn\u2019t silencing: it\u2019s more speech. That\u2019s what Charlie Kirk believed and practiced, and I agree,\u201d he told\u00a0Fox News Digital<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Democrats in response agreed to drop a censure motion against Mills, who has been accused of domestic abuse, stolen valor, and financial misconduct, all of which he denies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe 7 Articles and 27 Amendments of our Constitution are not followed only when it serves your purpose\u2026We may not like or agree with what someone says, but that does not mean we should deny their protected 1A Right,\u201d Mills posted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Flood told Fox that the proper avenue for addressing Omar\u2019s comments would be the House Ethics Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIlhan Omar\u2019s statements and social media posts are reprehensible and should be referred to the Ethics Committee. The appropriate time to consider a censure motion would be after ethics reviews her conduct,\u201d Flood said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/states-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/omar-38-1024x696.png\")
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