GOP lawmaker calls for social media bans for all who 'belittle' Charlie Kirk

Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) called for lifetime social media bans on all people who "belittle" the killing of MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk.

"I'm going to use Congressional authority and every influence with big tech platforms to mandate immediate ban for life of every post or commenter that belittled the assassination of Charlie Kirk," Higgins announced Thursday on X.

"If they ran their mouth with their smartass hatred celebrating the heinous murder of that beautiful young man who dedicated his whole life to delivering respectful conservative truth into the hearts of liberal enclave universities, armed only with a Bible and a microphone and a Constitution… those profiles must come down," he continued.

Higgins insisted that tech companies should have "zero tolerance" and ban users "from ALL PLATFORMS FOREVER."

"I'm also going after their business licenses and permitting, their businesses will be blacklisted aggressively, they should be kicked from every school, and their drivers licenses should be revoked," he added. "I'm basically going to cancel with extreme prejudice these evil, sick animals who celebrated Charlie Kirk's assassination."

For his part, Kirk had criticized social media platforms for banning users over their speech.

"You should be allowed to say outrageous things," he said earlier this year.