The murder of Charlie Kirk is a horrific tragedy. No matter where you stood on his politics — or how strongly you may have disagreed with his words — his assassination should not be celebrated. It’s disgusting. A young life was taken, a family is grieving, and our country is left even more broken because political violence has claimed another victim.

Kirk was a polarizing figure, for sure. Among other things, he made recent statements about gun violence that I found deeply troubling, even suggesting that losing lives was an acceptable cost to protect the Second Amendment. Those views deserve to be debated and challenged — that’s democracy. But nothing about his words or his politics justifies murder.

What also makes this moment so horrific is how it happened: He was gunned down in broa

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