"To my great fellow Americans, I am filled with grief and anger at the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk on a college campus in Utah, said Trump in an Oval Office address following Kirk's assassination. He's a martyr for truth and freedom and there's never been anybody who was so respected by youth. The president continued: It's long past time for all Americans and the media to confront the fact that violence and murder are the tragic consequence"
"For years, those on the radical left have compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to Nazis and the world's worst mass murderers and criminals. This kind of rhetoric is directly responsible for the terrorism that we're seeing in our country today and it must stop right now. My administration will find each and every one of those who contributed to this atrocity and to other political violence, including"
President Trump vowed to find each person who contributed to the killing of Charlie Kirk, including organizations he described as funding and supporting radical left violence. He framed Kirk as a martyr respected by young people and condemned rhetoric that demonizes political opponents. He blamed comparisons of conservatives to Nazis and mass murderers for producing terrorism and demanded an end to such rhetoric. He promised investigations and accountability for contributors to political violence, citing past attacks on ICE agents, a healthcare executive, and the shooting of Rep. Steve Scalise as examples. He said Kirk's voice and legacy will endure.
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