Portland City Councilor Regina Phillips appeared to acknowledge that she was celebrating the assassination of Charlie Kirk in response to a Facebook post last Thursday from former City Council candidate Bill Linnell.
The day after conservative speaker and family man Kirk was assassinated, Linnell posted a statement praising his sincerity and willingness to peacefully debate, and calling on any leftists celebrating his death to unfriend him on Facebook.
“I can easily tolerate someone who has different political views than I have. Even admire them. Charlie Kirk was brilliant, sincere, well-read, deeply religious, and willing to talk it out with anyone who disagreed with him. He would listen and respond gently and honestly. Some of his ideas were too far out there for me, but I don’t care. He articulated his viewpoint and he was sincere,” he said.
“To those celebrating his death: feel free to unfriend me at your earliest convenience,” he added.
Phillips appeared to admit that she was among the distressingly high number of leftists celebrating the assassination, responding, “Done!! Bye!!” to Linnell’s post.
As of Wednesday morning, Phillips’ post remains up.
“Wow. And you are a city councilor. Portland politics in action,” responded Linnell.
In her capacity as City Councilor, Phillips has supported a variety of far-left policies. On Monday, Phillips joined every other councilor in supporting a proclamation criticizing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Phillips, sister of Sen. Rachel Talbot Ross (D-Cumberland), also notably refuses to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance during council meetings.
In addition to her work on the Portland City Council, Phillips co-founded the left-wing Cross-Cultural Community Services non-profit, which provides diversity, equity, and inclusion-related services.
The non-profit offers training on “racial literacy,” “examining privilege,” “tackling systems,” and “immigration and resettlement.”
According to the non-profit’s most recent form 990 tax filing in 2023, it received $309,803 in taxpayer-funded grants. Those grants were by far the organization’s largest source of income.
Phillips co-founded the nonprofit with Somali-born Rep. Deqa Dhalac (D-South Portland). Rep. Dhalac, a proponent of far-left policies, recently drew national attention after footage resurfaced that appeared to show she still prioritizes her home country over the U.S.
