A group of Republicans within the Home Freedom Caucus known as for a choose committee to analyze the “the money, influence, and power behind the radical left’s assault on America and the rule of law” within the wake of the assassination of conservative powerhouse Charlie Kirk.
The group of 23 members, led by Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), articulated the request in a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Home Oversight and Authorities Reform Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.), and Home Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on Thursday, earlier than Kirk’s suspected murderer was apprehended.
“In the wake of numerous attacks on our way of life, the destruction of the rule of law, and the murder of innocent Americans, prominent and unknown alike, we must take every step to follow the money and uncover the force behind the NGOs, donors, media, public officials, and all entities driving this coordinated attack,” the members wrote within the letter, happening to say there’s “a sustained breakdown of law and order, fueled not by chance, but by anti-American ideology.”
The letter famous that the Southern Poverty Legislation Middle, which retains a “hate map” of extremist teams, earlier this yr had singled out Turning Level USA, the group Kirk co-founded.
The members decried “radical organizations” that funded campaigns for district attorneys and judges who it claimed “coordinate releasing criminals to the streets.”
“The result has been death and injury to thousands of Americans, including the recent horrifying murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska at the hands of a 14-time released criminal,” the letter stated, in reference to the case that went viral earlier this yr.
“Enough is enough. We must follow the money to identify the perpetrators of the coordinated antiAmerican assaults being carried out against us and take all steps under the law necessary to stop them,” the letter stated.
The decision for investigations echoes President Trump’s promise in wake of Kirk’s killing to make use of his administration to “find each and every one of those who contributed to this atrocity and to other political violence, including the organizations that fund it and support it.”
Roy and Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), who additionally signed the letter, are each subcommittee chairs underneath the Home Judiciary Committee. However they’re calling for a brand new subcommittee with “full subpoena powers and authority to deliver results.”
“We can no longer pretend to be bound together by shared ideals when a well-funded, vitriolic cadre of our fellow Americans and foreign interests are at war with the very values of faith in God, fidelity to our Constitution, and respect for the principles of liberty and Western Civilization that define us as Americans – including, notably, the free speech practiced and exemplified by Charlie Kirk,” the members stated within the letter.
Different signatories embody Home Freedom Caucus Chair Andy Harris (Md.) and Reps. Scott Perry (Pa.), Josh Brecheen (Okla.), Andy Ogles (Tenn.), Eric Burlison (Mo.), Keith Self (Texas), Brandon Gill (Texas), Lauren Boebert (Colo.), Byron Donalds (Fla.) and Barry Moore (Ala.).
