Video: Assassination of Charlie Kirk Sends Shock Waves Through Washington
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) tangled with NBC reporter Ryan Nobles when he pressed the lawmaker Wednesday after she sought to blame Democrats for the shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
“Democrats owned what happened today,” Mace told reporters outside the Capitol shortly after the news of the shooting broke. “Just because you speak your mind doesn’t mean you get shot.”
Nobles asked Mace, “By that logic, does that mean Republicans own the shooting of the two Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota? Isn’t this on both sides?”
“Are you kidding me?” Mace shot back. “We don’t know Charlie Kirk’s condition right now and some raging leftist lunatic put a bullet through his neck and you want to talk about Republicans right now? No.”
Nobles asked Mace if she would condemn political violence on both sides of the aisle, to which she replied, “We’re talking about Charlie Kirk right now.”
Mace’s comments came before Kirk was pronounced dead on Wednesday. Police said Thursday morning his killer remains at large, and officials have not determined a motive in the shooting.
Mace said earlier Thursday she would begin carrying a gun when permitted when home in South Carolina following Kirk’s assassination.
