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Right-wing lawmakers pushed for a tribute to the U.S. conservative influencer who was shot dead.

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola on Thursday rejected a bid by right-wing factions to hold a minute of silence for slain U.S. conservative influencer Charlie Kirk.

The initiative was first proposed by Charlie Weimers, an MEP from the right-wing European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), as a symbolic measure “to declare that our right to freedom of speech cannot be extinguished,” according to an email chain with dozens of MEPs that was seen by POLITICO.

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[–] fittedsyllabi@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A moment of silence, please, for the idiocy of the Trump right.

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[–] biotin7@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

Why should EU care about US affairs ??

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 5 points 1 year ago

Have any assemblies had a minute’s silence for him? (The Russian Duma perhaps, or the Hungarian parliament?)

[–] unconsequential@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh shit EU be careful. Are you really going to follow us down the shitter?

[–] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Most EU countries have at least one shithead campaigning for that.

[–] DeathToUS@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Momentum for a hardcore hateful fascist?

[–] nozone@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

He was a glorified internet troll who just happened to have the backing of some very wealthy right wing fuckheads. He wasn't a politician. He was never elected by anyone to anything. He was a paid propagandist, and not even a smart one. The right wingers are about to ghoulishly try to profit off his death for the foreseeable future like this though.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you have any idea how hard it is to organize a minute of farting?

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[–] rustyfish@piefed.world 4 points 1 year ago

And of course it came from a right wing extremist. Doing everything to cause that tasty, tasty outrage. Dick.

[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 3 points 1 year ago

Charlie Weimers, an MEP from the right-wing European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR)

让你的敌人消失。

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