"As Tony mentioned, not everyone took to his words or his rhetoric. You know, at times, they were offensive to specific communities. But with that said, this is not the time to focus on that. We are focused on this tragedy. Speaking of this tragedy, is this a moment for your party to reflect on political violence? Is it a moment for us to think about the responsibility of our political leaders and their voices and what it does to the masses as they get lost in misinformation or disinformation that turns in and spills into political violence."
"I don't even say parties, I say a nation. If there's a moment in time you want to look to, and I looked back and I watched this again when Robert F. Kennedy is running, he's in Indianapolis, and he just got the news that Martin Luther King was killed. And he has to tell the crowd because we don't have social media at that time. And it was remarkable the words he said. He said, we have to ask as a nation, who are we? And how do we want to move forward?"
CBS anchor Nate Burleson asked Kevin McCarthy whether Republicans should reflect on political violence after Charlie Kirk's assassination in Utah. Burleson noted that some found Kirk's rhetoric offensive to specific communities but emphasized the immediate focus on the tragedy. Gayle King added that both parties should consider leaders' responsibility for rhetoric and misinformation. McCarthy rejected singling out parties, saying the nation must reflect on divisiveness and invoked Robert F. Kennedy's Indianapolis remarks after Martin Luther King Jr.'s death as an example. McCarthy described Kirk as unelected and promoting open dialogue and referenced other political attacks as part of a broader problem.
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