Hakeem Jeffries gives an answer to four words about the reasons why he missed Charlie Kirk Vigil

The chief of the minority of the room, Hakeem Jeffries, Dn.y., shared only a brief response of four words when a journalist asked him on Tuesday why he had missed a vigil of the Congress for Charlie Kirk.

“I had a meeting,” said Jeffries when the case was discussed during his afternoon press conference.

Chamber Mike Johnson, R-La., Announced on Monday that Congress would have a vigil later in the evening to honor the conservative activist.

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Hakeem Jeffries spoke with journalists of the reason why he missed the vigil of the Congress for Charlie Kirk on Monday evening. (Getty Images)

Kirk was assassinated last week when a shooter opened fire during a university campus speech event in Utah.

Fox News Digital has only seen a handful of democrats in the House on the eve, side by side with dozens of republican legislators.

When asked why more Democrats were not present, Jeffries said on Tuesday: “I don’t know.”

“I guess you will have to talk to the individual democrats about what was happening with others and why they were present or why they were not present,” he said.

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Charlie Kirk was expressed at the University of Utah Valley, as part of his “American tour”, on September 10, 2025 in Orem, Utah, when he was shot in the neck and killed. (Trent Nelson / The Salt Lake Tribune / Getty Images)

The vigil took place in the statuary room of the American Capitol at 6 p.m. Monday evening.

Democratic legislators who attended include representatives Tom Suozzi, Dn.y., Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., John Larson, D-Conn., Jimmy Panetta, D-Calif., Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., Chris Pappas, Dn.H., and Don Davis, Dn.c.

Particularly absent were the four best democrats in the House in high direction, including Jeffries.

Johnson, however, minimized the lack of democratic attendance in the comments to journalists on Monday.

Chamber Mike Johnson heads a vigil to honor the conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was shot in a Utah event last week in Capitol in Washington, on Monday, September 15, 2025. (J. Scott Applewhite / AP)

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“Honestly, I did not even see the composition of the group,” he said when he asked if he was disappointed with the number of democrats who arose.

“I’m glad it was bipartite, and I would have liked that more participated, and I don’t know why they did not do it. So I don’t know what else we can do but offer a bipartisan vigil all the members. And we did it regularly for other things.”

Kelly Fox News and Ryan Schmelz flagships of Fox News Radio contributed to this report.