Trump 'open' to adding a Charlie Kirk national holiday after complaining on Juneteenth that there were too many of them

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Independent

Monday 22 September 2025 15:03 EDT


Less than three months after President Donald Trump complained that Americans have “too many non-working holidays,” the White House says he would not oppose adding one more — in honor of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Asked whether the president would support legislation to establish a 12th federal holiday to the calendar to commemorate Kirk, who was shot and killed earlier this month by an assassin in Utah, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt replied: “I'm sure he wouldn't oppose such a thing.”

Last week, the Senate adopted a resolution calling October 14 of this year — the day that would’ve been Kirk’s 32nd birthday — a “National Day of Remembrance” for the late Turning Point USA founder.

The House also adopted a resolution honoring Kirk as well, but neither action establishes a holiday in his memory. Some 96 Democrats either voted against the measure or abstained by voting “present.”

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-charlie-kirk-remembrance-day-b2831486.html

[pfitz59]

1. A travesty

if it were to happen

[mdbl]

2. Let's create a holiday based on hate, division and racism. Great move Dump!

He's such an asshole.

[Irish_Dem]

5. I can only imagine what the MAGAs would do to celebrate hatred and division. :(

[TommyT139]

3. Don't tell him it's George Floyd's birthday

...which it is -- because then he would definitely do it.

[JBTaurus83]

4. That's fine with me

I can celebrate my gay rights and the rights of my minority brothers and sisters. I’m always up for another day off. We can rename it later.

[Mz Pip]

6. Enough already.

We don’t even have a National Holiday in honor of JFK who was an actual President who was assassinated.

This canonization of Charlie Kirk is getting ridiculous.

[SharonAnn]

7. Also, he should consider a holiday for the late Sen. Joe McCarthy!

[Leghorn21]

9. ...as well as the beautiful talented

Roy Cohn!!

[Hartpi978]

8. The Onion

Please stop with these fake Onion stories. This can't be real. Is the Congress taking crazy pills.?

[C Moon]

10. There will be a celebration in hell.

[Journeyman]

11. We can all gather 'round for a holiday 'Circle Kirk' . . .

[greatauntoftriplets]

12. How about a national holiday for Osama bin Laden while we're at it?

[J_William_Ryan]

13. '...a "National Day of Remembrance" for the late Turning Point USA founder.'

This is madness – a country having gone insane.

[AZ8theist]

14. Well, Dotard, might as well add Hitlers birthday to that list.

[AverageOldGuy]

15. And in every state of the old "Confederacy" . . .

. . . we could, once again, celebrate Lee's and Jackson's birthdays.

Robert E. Lee was born Jan 19, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson Jan 21. For the longest time, we Southerners celebrated Jan 20 as "Lee-Jackson Day," complete with schools and government offices closing, speeches, parades, picnics . . .

That is, we did so until along came "MLK Day."

Don't give Trump any ideas or we will dump MLK and restore Lee-Jackson.