On Monday (September 22), President Donald Trump proposed to be against the congress step to create a new federal holiday in memory of the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Asked if President Trump would support legislation to create a 12th Federal holiday in honor of Charlie Kirk, who was fatally shot at the beginning of this month in Utah, the White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt replied, “I’m sure he would not be able to do this.”
Kirk remembered as a “martyr”
Kirk, 31 years old, co -founder of Turning Point USA, was fatally shot on September 10 when he spoke to the students at Utah Valley University in the Orm of Utah.
During the public memorial in Arizona on Sunday (September 21) Trump welcomed Kirka as a “martyr for American freedom”. The memorial pulled tens of thousands, including the vice -president of JD Vance, and the higher officials of the Trump Administration.
Congress resolutions went through
Both congress chambers have already taken steps to honor Kirka. Last week, the Senate adopted a resolution to determine October 14 – a day that Kirka’s 32nd birthday – as “National Day Memories of Charlie Kirk”.
The house also went through a resolution that praised him as a “bold American patriot”, although almost half of the Democrats either voted against him or detained support.
Trump’s festive criticism raises questions
Despite Trump’s criticism at the beginning of this year, the discussion of the possible new holiday comes as “too many non -working holidays”.
On June 19, Trump came to the truth of Social to condemn Juneenth, a holiday he had previously supported in 2020. “” Too many non -working holidays in America. It costs $ billions, “he wrote. “We will end soon with a vacation for every working day of the year. They have to change if we are going again with great America.”
How are federal holidays introduced
The US is currently recognizing 12 federal holidays, while JuneThe is the latest addition in 2021. The creation of a new federal holiday requires the legislation that the President and the Senate, and signed the law.
A legal case against a suspect
The enforcement of the law identified Tyler Robinson (22 years) as a suspect in Kirk’s killing. The prosecutors accused him of several numbers, including the murder, the release of a firearm causing serious injury, an obstacle to justice and manipulating witnesses.
Tpusa names the new leader
After Kirka’s death, the point of the US tourning announced his widow Erika Kirk as its new CEO and chairwoman. The Grassroot Conservative Group has undertook to continue the “US Return” that Kirk launched at the beginning of this year.
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