"Despite the fact that the murderer of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk remained unidentified and still at large, President Donald Trump declared the "radical left" as "directly responsible" for the assassination in remarks from the White House on Wednesday night - comments that critics say shows Trump is more than willing to exploit the killing for his own purposes while sowing more, not less, political violence in the future."
"In a video address from the Oval Office, Trump said that criticism of Kirk from the left was "directly responsible for the terrorism that we're seeing in our country today, and it must stop right now." The president didn't specify which opponents of Kirk he believed contributed to his killing; over the years the influencer, who frequently visited college campuses to debate students, clashed with and was criticized by supporters of abortion rights, gun control, and immigrants' rights."
Charlie Kirk, a right-wing activist who frequently debated students on college campuses, was murdered and the perpetrator remained unidentified and at large. President Donald Trump declared the "radical left" directly responsible for the assassination and said criticism from the left was responsible for terrorism in the country. Trump vowed that his administration would "find each and every one of those who contributed to this atrocity," including organizations that fund or support political violence, but did not detail how contributions would be determined. Critics warned that blaming the left without specifics could exploit the killing and risk increasing political violence.
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