Question

Senate unanimously passed Charlie Kirk remembrance day resolution - all Dems including Bernie Sanders voted yes.

Answer 1

The claim that “all dems including Bernie Sanders voted yes” on the Charlie Kirk remembrance day resolution is false. While the Senate did pass the resolution with unanimous consent, not all democrats voted yes, and a decent amount of them weren’t present for the vote. As for Bernie Sanders’ role in the passing of the resolution, it is unclear whether or not he voted on it.

https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025282

On the official Office of the Clerk website, it is listed that 95 democrats voted yes on the resolution, 58 voted no, 38 voted present, and 22 didn’t vote.  Across the resolutions related to Charlie Kirk on that website, Sanders is not listed under any of them. Since the resolution was passed unanimously, that does indicate that Sanders did not outright object to it, but it is unclear what his vote was, if he voted at all.

https://x.com/SenSanders/status/1966252385908699568

However, Sanders has made a couple of public statements regarding the assassination of Kirk. In a message posted on X he wrote, “The murder of Charlie Kirk is part of a disturbing rise in political violence that threatens to hollow our public life. A free society relies on the premise that people can speak out without fear or humiliation.”

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-resolution/403/text?s=2&r=1&q=%7B%22search%22%3A%22charlie+kirk+remembrance+day%22%7D

Therefore, the Senate did unanimously pass a resolution that designates “October 14, 2025, as ‘The National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk,’” but the statement that all democrats voted yes is incorrect.

Answer 2

This claim comes from a Bluesky post by user Max Granger, that has since been deleted. The initial post claimed that the Senate unanimously passed a Charlie Kirk remembrance day resolution. It further claimed that all democratic senators, specifically mentioning Bernie Sanders, voted yes. 

A PDF, which contains a resolution submitted by Rick Scott

https://www.rickscott.senate.gov/services/files/55A19212-1EC1-4868-A72B-8E271E2D81B2

Rick Scott, a senator from Florida, submitted the following resolution to the Senate to officially declare October 14th as Charlie Kirk remembrance day. The main reason for the remembrance is that “ Charlie Kirk was a champion of free speech, civil dialogue, and faith.” The resolution provides many other reasons for which Kirk should be honored. This is a legitimate resolution that was submitted to the Senate. 

An article on ABC News, written by Megan Forrestor

https://abcnews.go.com/US/senate-passes-national-day-remembrance-charlie-kirk/story?id=125730824

This article clarifies that the Senate and House did unanimously pass a national day of remembrance on October 14th to honor Charlie Kirk. The day was decided as it was his birthday. The resolution was unanimously approved in the Senate. The House also approved the resolution, however 96 democratic representatives and 4 republic representatives declined to support it. 22 democratic representatives walked out of the hearing without voting. 

An outline of unanimous consent agreements in the senate

https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/rules-procedures/first-unanimous-consent-agreement.htm

This outline, states that unanimous consent agreements are agreements reached in the Senate in which no formal vote is held, but no present member objects to a proposed resolution. 

https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/prepared-remarks-sanders-delivers-speech-on-his-intent-to-file-joint-resolutions-of-disapproval-to-block-20-billion-arms-sale-to-israel/

This article, outlines a speech given by Bernie Sanders to the Senate on September 18th, the day the resolution was passed, indicating he was present.

While Bernie Sanders did not object to the resolution, no formal vote was held, thus the claim that all democratic senators voted yes is false. 

Comments

Well done for bringing such a broad claim back down to the root of it, the fact is not all democratic senators voted yes. It appears that the original post tried to distract from the fact that it was unanimously all democrats by plugging Bernie Sanders in but the sources you used are credible. They also all show that there wasn’t an official vote.

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