"The Republican politician told 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley that his fellow conservative accuse him all the time of wanting people to have a kumbaya moment to hold hands and just hug it out. I'm not asking anybody to hold hands and hug it out I'm not asking for that, Cox said on the premiere of 60 Minutes' 58th season. I'm trying to get people to stop shooting each other that's it."
"Cox alluded to public discourse that sought to frame Kirk's killing as having occurred during a war not formally declared being waged between Americans on opposite sides of the country's political divide. He contended that those trying to agitate tempers amid that rhetorical climate including and particularly on social media platforms were making mistakes. The question I always ask when I hear people say that we're at war [is] what does that mean?"
Spencer Cox called on Americans to stop shooting each other after saying he could not unsee video of a sniper killing rightwing activist Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University. Cox made the plea during a 60 Minutes interview and rejected suggestions that he wanted a kumbaya moment, saying he only wanted people to stop shooting. He warned against rhetoric that frames political conflict as a war and blamed social media for agitating tempers. Utah prosecutors allege Tyler Robinson murdered Kirk after becoming sick of Kirk's perceived hatred, and investigators reported Robinson had shifted toward pro-gay and trans rights views. The killing was at least the third prominent instance of political violence in less than six months, following a firebombing at the Pennsylvania governor's home.
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