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.
You don’t even have to be specific, I just inherently 'reckon there was a school shooting somewhere in the last two weeks in the US.
Pretty sure they’re referring to the school shooting that happened on the same day.
https://apnews.com/article/colorado-high-school-shooting-3f4fc4338247a661874060e06cb16f43
I literally was not aware of said shooting, usually watching political drama around free speech and encryption, but man, that really figures.