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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    5 hours ago

    We don’t care. We also would not hold a moment of silence if Joe Rogan was shot.

    He was some right-wing idiot influencer, what do you expect?

    Should we have a minute of silence if some Putin propagandist in Russia dies? Wtf why is this a topic at all?

    What’s with the Trump fd little girls on Epstein island, can we get back to that?