Florida Democrat claims Charlie Kirk ‘was not assassinated’ as GOP pushes remembrance day bill

A Florida Democratic state representative said Wednesday during a floor debate that conservative activist Charlie Kirk wasn't truly assassinated.

"He was not assassinated. And words being accurate matters. It was a death by gun violence," Democratic state Rep. Ashley Viola Gantt said. "That is an issue here in the country that we should all be on the same page with addressing."

Gantt and her colleagues were debating House Bill 125, titled "Charlie Kirk Day of Remembrance," which would designate Kirk's birthday, Oct.