U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy voted Friday in favor of a resolution condemning political violence and honoring the life of conservative figure Charlie Kirk in the wake of his  assassination last week.

The congressman, R-23rd District, who honored Kirk in comments on the House floor Friday, also denounced 58 Democrats who opposed the resolution calling for respectful debate, even as there have been tributes to Kirk across the nation and despite the resolution garnering bipartisan support.

“While millions of commonsense Americans have been appalled and devastated that a young father was assassinated over his political beliefs, I can’t say I’m entirely surprised that the party that incites this violence with extreme rhetoric and celebrates murder would vote against a resolution opposing political violence and calling for respectful debate,” Langworthy stated in a press release.

The vote was 310-58, with 95 Democrats supporting the resolution, which was brought forward by Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., nine days after Kirk, a conservative activist, was fatally shot during an open-air speaking event at Utah Valley University.

Thirty-eight Democrats voted “present,” and 58 voted “no.”

The Hill reported Friday’s vote presented a quandary for many Democrats reluctant to celebrate Kirk’s politics but who have condemned the shooting and did not want to be seen as sympathizing with political violence.

Top House Democrats informed their caucus Thursday that they would support the resolution but told individual members to vote their conscience. Many Democrats viewed Kirk as a divisive figure, in the model of President Donald Trump, not a unifier portrayed in the resolution.

“It’s a ‘damned if you do, damned if you don’t’ situation,” Rep. Yvette Clarke of Brooklyn, head of the Congressional Black Caucus, said the evening before the vote.

The Hill reported Johnson insisted there was “no reason” and “no excuse” for Democrats to vote no on the resolution, saying there was “no partisan language” in it.

The House resolution eulogized Kirk, 31, a close ally of Trump and founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, as a “courageous American patriot” who “boldly lived out his faith with conviction, courage, and compassion” who also “worked tirelessly to promote unity without compromising on conviction.”

Kirk’s slaying, allegedly with a rifle by Tyler Robinson, 22, was called “a sobering reminder of the growing threat posed by political extremism and hatred in our society,” while noting “leaders at every level — government, education, media, and beyond — must stand united in unequivocal condemnation of political violence.”

The resolution also commends law enforcement and emergency personnel for efforts in finding Kirk’s suspected shooter and it extends condolences to Kirk’s widow Erika Kirk and his two young children.

Earlier this week, the U.S. Senate also passed a similar resolution condemning Kirk’s assassination and honoring his legacy by unanimous consent.

CONGRESSMAN VOTES TO FUND GOVERNMENT

Langworthy on Friday also voted on a continuing resolution to keep the government funded through Nov. 21 even as the Senate rejected competing measures to fund federal agencies for a few weeks when the new budget year begins on Oct. 1, increasing prospects for a partial government shutdown as the new month dawns.

The Associated Press reported Democrats accused Republicans of not negotiating with them to address some of their priorities on healthcare as part of the funding measure, while Republicans said Democrats were making demands that would dramatically increase spending and were not germane to the core issue of keeping agencies fully running for a short period of time while negotiations continued on a full-year spending measure.

“Republicans are united in our commitment to getting this nation’s finances back on track and restoring fiscal sanity in Washington,” Langworthy stated. “While we’ve worked in good faith to keep the government open and responsibly funded, Democrats are once again steering us toward a Schumer Shutdown with reckless demands that are completely out of step with the will of the American people.”

The congressman, referencing New York’s Minority Senate Leader Chuck Schumer, said a shutdown would mean military personnel won’t get paid, services for veterans and seniors would be jeopardized and families across the country would be “left in limbo.”

“If the government shuts down, Democrats will be squarely to blame,” he stated.

The Democratic proposal would extend enhanced health insurance subsidies set to expire at the end of the year, plus reverse Medicaid cuts that were included in Republicans’ big tax breaks and spending cuts bill enacted earlier this year.

“The American people will look at what Republicans are doing, look at what Democrats are doing, and it will be clear that public sentiment will be on our side,” said Schumer, who has expressed willingness to shut down the government if healthcare isn’t addressed.

The Senate action came after the House earlier in the day passed the Republican-led funding bill. The measure would extend government funding generally at current levels for seven weeks. The bill would also add about $88 million in security funding for lawmakers and members of the Supreme Court and executive branch in the wake of Kirk’s assassination.

The impasse comes as senators could then potentially leave Washington until Sept. 29, a day before the shutdown deadline, AP reported. The Senate has a scheduled recess next week because of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year.

Meanwhile, Republican House members were weighing whether to stay back in their home districts through the rest of September to essentially force the Senate to approve the House-passed measure or risk a shutdown.

Schumer, who avoided a shutdown in March — angering members of his own party over perceived capitulation to the GOP and Trump — is playing a harder game this time as the shutdown deadline looms.