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

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.”

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