"The horrific murder of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk inspired politicians on all sides to call for calm. "The time for unity, the time for peace, it is now," Republican Senator Katie Britt of Alabama said. Fellow Republican Senators James Lankford, Thom Tillis, and John Curtis offered similar bromides, and Utah Governor Spencer Cox urged every American to "always forgive your enemies"-a lesson he said he learned from Kirk himself."
"Donald Trump, who granted clemency to nearly 1,600 people associated with the January 6, 2021, riots, has made it plain that he is not opposed to political violence. The only threat worth combatting, he insists, is left-wing violence. In his Oval Office speech after Kirk's assassination, Trump did not call for unity. Instead, he exploited plausible concerns about left-wing extremism by accusing the "radical left" of stoking the kind of rage that leads a young man to commit murder."
The murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk prompted calls for calm and unity from multiple Republican politicians, including Senators Katie Britt, James Lankford, Thom Tillis, John Curtis, and Utah Governor Spencer Cox. Right-wing commentators and outlets criticized those calls, arguing Republicans should focus on combating left-wing violence instead. Donald Trump, who granted clemency to many January 6 participants, framed political violence as primarily a left-wing threat and accused the "radical left" of fomenting rage. Trump and his allies intend to use the assassination to justify a broad crackdown on the left, targeting civil society, opposing politicians, the news media, and late-night comedians.
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