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Vance Patrick and Judge Jaimie Powell Horowitz
The chair of the Oakland County Republican Party Vance Patrick is calling on Oak Park District Court Judge Jaimie Powell Horowitz to resign in wake of her posting on social media about the death of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.
The judge wrote on Facebook Wednesday evening, "Talk about dying for your beliefs." She went on to quote Kirk: "I think it's worth it to have the cost of unfortunately some gun deaths every year..so we can have the second amendment to protect our other God given rights. It's a prudent deal, a rational deal."
"Comments like the ones from Judge Horowitz are disgusting," Patrick wrote on Facebook on Thursday. "Any attempt to justify or lessen the severity of the assassination of Charlie Kirk is a clear indicator of the lack of character and moral fiber of that person. Judge Horowitz should resign immediately to help protect the integrity of our court system."
Powell Horowitz told The Detroit News Thursday she won't resign, saying her post is factual. She also said the First Amendment right to free speech is important, and people should not be punished or killed for exercising their right.
"The fact that Mr. Kirk — in his own words — had said these kinds of deaths are worth it to protect our Second Amendment rights, as if it's just something we’re willing to accept for gun rights, I think that’s a quote people should really think about," Powell Horowitz told The News. "I hope people will think about his quote, and whether or not gun deaths are worth it for Second Amendment rights. I certainly don't think his death or others' death is worth it.
