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Capitol Lens | Capitol vigil

(Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
By Tom Williams
Posted September 15, 2025 at 7:37pm

Speaker Mike Johnson, at podium, and other lawmakers are seen at a memorial service for political media personality Charlie Kirk in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall on Monday. Kirk, in the photograph with his children and wife, Erika, was shot and killed during an event at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10.

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