Representative Nancy Mace, Republican of South Carolina, reportedly said Monday she would file a resolution to censure Representative Ilhan Omar, Democrat of Minnesota, and remove her from two House committees following Omar’s controversial comments after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
“BREAKING: We’re filing a resolution to strip @Ilhan of her committee assignments after her disgraceful remarks on Charlie Kirk’s assassination,” Mace wrote in a post on the social platform X. The resolution, released alongside her statement, calls for Omar’s removal from the House Committee on Education and Workforce and the Committee on the Budget.
The move came after Omar, in an interview with left-wing commentator Mehdi Hasan on his Zeteo platform, criticized Republicans who had pointed to the left’s role in a climate of political violence. “You have people like Nancy Mace, who constantly harass, you know, people that she finds inferior and wants them not to exist in this country or ever,” Omar said. “And, you know, you have people like Trump, who has incited violence against people like me. And so, you know, these people are full of s—, and it’s important for us to call them out while we feel anger and sadness.”
Omar also said that news of Kirk’s killing had shaken her. “It was really mortifying to hear the news, to see the video. You know, all I could think about was his wife, his children — that image is going to live forever,” she told Hasan.
Kirk, a prominent conservative activist and commentator, was shot and killed last week. His death sparked grief among Republicans and concern about rising hostility toward conservative figures. Mace was quick to denounce the attack, arguing that it reflected a broader pattern of violence directed against the right. “If you have a different opinion from the left, they want to kill you. That is a fact, and that’s the way you all should report it,” she said in earlier social media posts.
For Mace, Omar’s subsequent remarks crossed a line. In her view, Democrats who insist they oppose political violence cannot simultaneously level profane attacks against conservatives mourning the loss of a colleague. By moving to strip Omar of her committee assignments, Mace is signaling that Republicans intend to respond decisively when members of Congress appear to downplay or politicize the killing of a conservative leader.
Omar’s office pushed back, arguing that her words had been mischaracterized. A spokesperson said 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.”
“The same can’t be said about those who authored these resolutions,” the spokesperson added. “In her interview, she also grappled with his divisive legacy, but she in no way implied violence was deserved, nor did she celebrate his death.”
Still, Omar’s comments left Republicans convinced that more than words of sympathy are at stake. For conservatives, her interview exemplified a tendency on the left to acknowledge tragedy while simultaneously disparaging those targeted by political violence.
Mace’s resolution ensures that the debate will not fade quietly, but instead will play out on the House floor, with committee seats — and the standards of public discourse in Congress — hanging in the balance.
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