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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Fri Sep 26, 2025, 02:02 PM Friday

GOP lawmakers push plan to honor Charlie Kirk on US coins

WASHINGTON − Two House Republicans are leading a bid to memorialize Charlie Kirk on U.S. coins following his assassination earlier this month.

Reps. Abe Hamadeh, R-Arizona, and August Pfluger, R-Texas, plan to introduce a bill, dubbed the Charlie Kirk Commemorative Coin Act, that would direct the Treasury Department to mint and issue 400,000 one-dollar silver coins bearing the image of Kirk on one side, according to a copy of the bill text obtained by USA TODAY. The coin would include the phrase "well done, good and faithful servant" on the other side.

All coins will be inscribed with Kirk’s full name, the year “2026” and the phrase “In God We Trust,” among other things, according to the bill.

Fox News first reported on the development. The lawmakers will introduce the bill this week, according to Republican Study Committee spokeswoman Calli Cooper.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/gop-lawmakers-push-plan-honor-185902434.html

These are the folks who had a problem with Harriet Tubman. Anyone still unsure they are racists?

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GOP lawmakers push plan to honor Charlie Kirk on US coins (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Friday OP
Just why Diraven Friday #1
No problem AltairIV Friday #2
Why bother ? There are already Kirk hobo nickels on eBay eppur_se_muova Friday #3

Diraven

(1,611 posts)
1. Just why
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 02:07 PM
Friday

The guy had a podcast with like 15000 subscribers. Most Americans still probably have no idea who he is despite weeks of national news coverage. He's not even close to being a historic national hero.

AltairIV

(967 posts)
2. No problem
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 02:11 PM
Friday

i would have no problem with this if they put him on the new 1/2 penny. That's just about what he was worth while alive.

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