"Politics definitely has a huge part in it. Trump and when I say Trump has a huge part in it, I don't necessarily mean he's to blame for it but he's so divisive, without even really his face is just divisive. Like, he just people hate him so much, Portnoy said. And the left and the right, the rhetoric especially to me the left is insane. And it just boils, boils, boils, boils. And this happened with Trump, when, his assassination attempt, there was like a three-hour period of let's tone down the rhetoric,' and then they're right back to it."
"RIP Charlie Kirk. It doesn't matter what your opinion is of Charlie or his politics if you don't view this as one of the darkest days in American history than you are part of the problem, he wrote on X. RIP Charlie Kirk. It doesn't matter what your opinion is of Charlie or his politics if you don't view this as one of the darkest days in American history than you are part of the problem. Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) September 10, 2025"
Donald Trump's divisiveness and heated political rhetoric were identified as contributing factors to Charlie Kirk's assassination, with no explicit assignment of direct blame. The rhetoric from both left and right was described as escalating and boiling over, with only brief pauses after violent incidents before returning to heated language. A prior vote for Trump was acknowledged as motivated by opposition to the Democratic Party rather than endorsement. Later criticism targeted economic policies alleged to have caused significant personal financial losses. The assassination was characterized as one of the darkest days in American history and prompted public mourning.
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