A bipartisan group of senators condemned Charlie Kirk’s killing the day before.
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“We’re just here as a group to say America cannot govern itself this way,” GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham said to open a news conference Thursday, flanked by a mix of Democratic and Republican senators.
GOP Sen. Katie Britt said Kirk has influenced many people, including her children.
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“Talking through this with them last night is just unthinkable,” said an emotional Britt. “The time for unity, the time for peace, it is now.”
The news conference was to highlight a bipartisan push to designate Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism and included Democrat