WASHINGTON, D.C. – As North Dakota Senator Kevin Cramer marks the loss of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the Republican isn’t sounding too keen on a possible federal plan to provide personal security details for all U.S. Senators.
On The Flag on Friday, Cramer says there are talks underway between federal and state law enforcement agencies to formalize a security plan paid for by the federal government.
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If it actually materializes, Cramer says each member would receive up to six officers “that would be rotated on a regular basis.”
But while admitting at least two people have been arrested so far for threatening his own life, Cramer says those threats not only change the discourse, but “our ability to be accessible as we would like to be.”
“I see that and hear [that security idea] and I want to quit,” said Cramer. “I don’t want three security officers following me around on my lawnmower.”
At the same time, Cramer believes Kirk’s death is something the public “is going to process for a while.”
“That’s Charlie Kirk’s final gift to us,” said Cramer. “We’re going to think about this in more profound, significant serious ways than while he was alive.”
Cramer said his first thought after Kirk’s assassination was to “pray for peace in our country” but also expressed sorrow “for the sacrifice that his family has made for us to have this discussion.”
“There’s plenty of time for the blame game and point fingers with people we don’t agree with which is exactly what Kirk didn’t stand for,” said Cramer. “He stood for discussion and I think that’s where this is going to lead.”
