The fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, 31, on camera, at a speaking event on a Utah college campus was not only a terrible tragedy; it is also a horrifying escalation in political violence in America. And, unless we tone down the temperature of the rhetoric around it, it could be the prelude to even darker days.

Kirk’s death caused particular shock waves on the right because of his unique importance to President Donald Trump’s Make America Great Again movement. With his clean-cut, boyish appearance and knack for vigorous debate, the father of two young girls was able to reach and galvanize young people — especially young men — as perhaps no one else on the right could. It’s likely that without him, Trump would not have gotten enough of the young adult vote to win last N

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