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The assassination of Charlie Kirk on Wednesday fueled an immediate, vicious explosion of recrimination on the political right, with leaders, including President DonaldTrump, accusing progressives of inciting, stoking, and acting on political violence against innocent conservatives. In truth, the alleged assassin, apprehended on Friday in Utah, has motives that remain unknown . According to early reports, though, these views cannot be characterized as leftist by any metric. Even before a suspect was apprehended, most prominent liberals reacted with horror, unequivocally condemning the murder and, if anything, participating in a national effort to honor a

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