Congressman calls for social media CEOs to condemn accounts celebrating Kirk’s death

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins (R-Lafayette) delivered a letter to social media leaders demanding the immediate removal of posts and accounts that celebrated the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

In a post on X last Thursday, Higgins said he is

“going to use Congressional authority and every influence with big tech platforms” to enact such bans.

“Please be advised that your platforms are rightfully expected to expeditiously remove all posts that have celebrated the political assassination of Charlie Kirk,” Higgins said. “Further, the authors of these posts are to be identified and banned from your platform, as well as any new pages they may create.”

Higgins, who was a cosponsor of a bill in 2023, H.R. 140, called the Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act. That bill read, in part, “It is the policy of the Congress that employees acting in their official capacity should neither take action within their authority or influence to promote the censorship of any lawful speech, nor advocate that a third party, including a private entity, censor such speech.”

In a call to action, Higgins aims to hold those accountable for their commentary on the assassination and warns social media CEOs of the possible consequences.

“Gleeful celebration of the heinous murder of an American citizen, brazenly published within the public forums of social media, is not to be tolerated within the accepted and legal parameters of a free and humane society, and I have initiated a Congressional effort to force accountability,” Higgins said. “If you shield these offenders, Section 230 will not protect your platform from vigorous exposure.”

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