House Rejects Bid to Censure Rep. Ilhan Omar Over Charlie Kirk Comments

The censure motion, brought by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), would have also removed Omar from the Education and Workforce and Budget committees.

Rep Ilhan Omar (D-Min.) speaks to reporters in the hallway outside a House Committee on Education and the Workforce hearing at Capitol Hill in Washington, on April 17, 2024. Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images

The House of Representatives on Sept. 17 rejected a bid to censure Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) for comments she made about conservative influencer Charlie Kirk following his assassination.

The censure motion, brought by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), would have also stripped Omar of her assignments on the Education and the Workforce Committee and the Budget Committee.