"Trump has turned up the temperature after Kirk’s killing. Spencer Cox is trying to turn it back down."Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman
Fine, now get this through your head: "Utah governor says one person responsible for Kirk killing: The suspect"
"Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) said there was one person responsible for the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, encouraging Americans to not fixate on political identity."
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5500745-utah-gov-spencer-cox-charlie-kirk/
If only we could get that kind of leadership from our president....
"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."
"Some Republicans and right-wing pundits and influencers spoke of “war” and their side becoming radicalized in response. President Donald Trump, who’d floated cracking down on leftists and liberal organizations he baselessly blamed for political violence, topped it off Friday morning by suggesting conservative extremists have been radicalized for legitimate reasons, while saying that “radicals on the left are the problem.”
"At a time when politicians and presidents usually call for calm and unity, his rhetoric was throwing fuel on the fire."
"During two press conferences late Thursday and early Friday, it’s Cox who did most of the talking. He used that time to project a far different message than that of Trump and leading MAGA figures."
"He at one point explicitly decried the tendency to “point the finger at the other side,” something Trump and others have repeatedly done."
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/12/politics/spencer-cox-donald-trump-rhetoric-analysis