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CNN: Trump has turned up the temperature after Kirk’s killing. Spencer Cox is trying to turn it back down
The killings of Charlie Kirk and Iryna Zarutska have sparked intense political debate over crime policies, with National Guard deployment and social media's role in public safety at the forefront.
- On Tuesday, President Donald Trump shared a video from the Resolute Desk and said, `For years, those on the radical left have compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to Nazis and the world's worst mass murders and criminals.`
- The Charlotte transit agency's release last month showed surveillance footage of Iryna Zarutska's killing on a Charlotte light rail train, appearing to show Decarlos Brown Jr. stabbing her, which went megaviral.
- At a Friday press conference, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, moved by Charlie Kirk's killing footage, urged online users and social media audiences to 'log off, turn off, touch grass' and acknowledged, `Nothing I say can unite us as a country`.
- The debate split along party lines with Democrats citing falling homicides and Republicans emphasizing Decarlos Brown Jr.'s arrest history to argue Democrats are soft on crime.
- Social media amplified graphic footage and stoked outrage, with Elon Musk sharing two A.I.-generated images on Friday that intensified polarization around the MAGA movement.
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Analysis by Aaron Blake, CNN In the roughly 40 hours between Charlie Kirk's murder and Friday's announcement of a suspect's arrest, the right held off on the accusations. Some Republicans, right-wing commentators, and influencers spoke of a "war" and the radicalization of their camp in response. President Donald Trump, who had hinted at a crackdown on leftists and liberal organizations he baselessly blamed for political violence, capped off Frid…
Analysis by Aaron Blake, CNN In the roughly 40 hours between Charlie Kirk's murder and Friday's announcement of a suspect's arrest, the right held off on the accusations. Some Republicans, right-wing commentators, and influencers spoke of a "war" and the radicalization of their camp in response. President Donald Trump, who had hinted at a crackdown on leftists and liberal organizations he baselessly blamed for political violence, capped off Frid…
After Charlie Kirk’s Murder, Politicians Can Back Away From the Brink, or Make Matters Worse
By J.D. Tuccille The political class has been pushing the country towards a conflict nobody should want. The man shot during a Prove Me Wrong event held for the peaceful debate of policies and ideas was almost certainly the latest victim of America’s problem with political violence. And if it feels that this attack was worse in some ways than other high-profile incidents, that’s because it was. With the assassination attempts on then-presidenti…
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Charlie Kirk killing exposes a snapshot of a fractured nation
Gov. Spencer Cox described attacks on both Democrats and Republicans, including the killing of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband, two assassination attempts on Trump and the firebombing in Pennsylvania.
Trump has turned up the temperature after Kirk’s killing. Spencer Cox is trying to turn it back down.
For the approximately 40 hours between the assassination of Charlie Kirk and the announcement Friday that a suspect had been apprehended, finger-pointing reined on the right.
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