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BumRushDaShow

(160,911 posts) Mon Sep 22, 2025, 06:24 PM Sep 22

Trump 'open' to adding a Charlie Kirk national holiday after complaining on Juneteenth that there were too many of them

Source: The Independent

Monday 22 September 2025 15:03 EDT

Less than three months after President Donald Trump complained that Americans have “too many non-working holidays,” the White House says he would not oppose adding one more — in honor of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Asked whether the president would support legislation to establish a 12th federal holiday to the calendar to commemorate Kirk, who was shot and killed earlier this month by an assassin in Utah, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt replied: “I'm sure he wouldn't oppose such a thing.”

Last week, the Senate adopted a resolution calling October 14 of this year — the day that would’ve been Kirk’s 32nd birthday — a “National Day of Remembrance” for the late Turning Point USA founder.

The House also adopted a resolution honoring Kirk as well, but neither action establishes a holiday in his memory. Some 96 Democrats either voted against the measure or abstained by voting “present.”

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-charlie-kirk-remembrance-day-b2831486.html

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Trump 'open' to adding a Charlie Kirk national holiday after complaining on Juneteenth that there were too many of them (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Sep 22 OP

A travesty pfitz59 Sep 22 #1

Let's create a holiday based on hate, division and racism. Great move Dump! mdbl Sep 22 #2

I can only imagine what the MAGAs would do to celebrate hatred and division. :( Irish_Dem Sep 22 #5

Don't tell him it's George Floyd's birthday TommyT139 Sep 22 #3

That's fine with me JBTaurus83 Sep 22 #4

Enough already. Mz Pip Sep 22 #6

Also, he should consider a holiday for the late Sen. Joe McCarthy! SharonAnn Sep 22 #7

...as well as the beautiful talented Leghorn21 Sep 22 #9

The Onion Hartpi978 Sep 22 #8

There will be a celebration in hell. C Moon Sep 22 #10

We can all gather 'round for a holiday 'Circle Kirk' . . . Journeyman Sep 22 #11

How about a national holiday for Osama bin Laden while we're at it? greatauntoftriplets Sep 22 #12

'...a "National Day of Remembrance" for the late Turning Point USA founder.' J_William_Ryan Tuesday #13

Well, Dotard, might as well add Hitlers birthday to that list. AZ8theist Tuesday #14

And in every state of the old "Confederacy" . . . AverageOldGuy Tuesday #15

pfitz59

(11,910 posts)

1. A travesty

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Sep 22, 2025, 06:31 PM

Sep 22

if it were to happen

mdbl

(7,459 posts)

2. Let's create a holiday based on hate, division and racism. Great move Dump!

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Sep 22, 2025, 06:41 PM

Sep 22

He's such an asshole.

Irish_Dem

(75,558 posts)

5. I can only imagine what the MAGAs would do to celebrate hatred and division. :(

Reply to mdbl (Reply #2)

Mon Sep 22, 2025, 06:57 PM

Sep 22

TommyT139

(1,959 posts)

3. Don't tell him it's George Floyd's birthday

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Sep 22, 2025, 06:46 PM

Sep 22

...which it is -- because then he would definitely do it.

JBTaurus83

(688 posts)

4. That's fine with me

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Sep 22, 2025, 06:49 PM

Sep 22

I can celebrate my gay rights and the rights of my minority brothers and sisters. I’m always up for another day off. We can rename it later.

Mz Pip

(28,234 posts)

6. Enough already.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Sep 22, 2025, 06:58 PM

Sep 22

We don’t even have a National Holiday in honor of JFK who was an actual President who was assassinated.

This canonization of Charlie Kirk is getting ridiculous.

SharonAnn

(14,112 posts)

7. Also, he should consider a holiday for the late Sen. Joe McCarthy!

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Sep 22, 2025, 07:17 PM

Sep 22

Leghorn21

(13,957 posts)

9. ...as well as the beautiful talented

Reply to SharonAnn (Reply #7)

Mon Sep 22, 2025, 07:52 PM

Sep 22

Roy Cohn!!

Hartpi978

(40 posts)

8. The Onion

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Sep 22, 2025, 07:41 PM

Sep 22

Please stop with these fake Onion stories. This can't be real. Is the Congress taking crazy pills.?

C Moon

(13,216 posts)

10. There will be a celebration in hell.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Sep 22, 2025, 08:53 PM

Sep 22

Journeyman

(15,389 posts)

11. We can all gather 'round for a holiday 'Circle Kirk' . . .

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Sep 22, 2025, 08:56 PM

Sep 22

greatauntoftriplets

(178,316 posts)

12. How about a national holiday for Osama bin Laden while we're at it?

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Mon Sep 22, 2025, 08:56 PM

Sep 22

J_William_Ryan

(3,034 posts)

13. '...a "National Day of Remembrance" for the late Turning Point USA founder.'

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Sep 23, 2025, 02:16 AM

Tuesday

This is madness – a country having gone insane.

AZ8theist

(6,906 posts)

14. Well, Dotard, might as well add Hitlers birthday to that list.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Sep 23, 2025, 03:41 AM

Tuesday

AverageOldGuy

(3,006 posts)

15. And in every state of the old "Confederacy" . . .

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Sep 23, 2025, 06:02 AM

Tuesday

. . . we could, once again, celebrate Lee's and Jackson's birthdays.

Robert E. Lee was born Jan 19, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson Jan 21. For the longest time, we Southerners celebrated Jan 20 as "Lee-Jackson Day," complete with schools and government offices closing, speeches, parades, picnics . . .

That is, we did so until along came "MLK Day."

Don't give Trump any ideas or we will dump MLK and restore Lee-Jackson.

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