Manitoba’s families minister, Nahanni Fontaine, has apologized for sharing an Instagram post about having “absolutely no empathy” for Charlie Kirk after the U.S. right-wing activist was assassinated Wednesday.

“I apologize for sharing a post yesterday on the murder of Charlie Kirk. Violence has no place in our democracy. Political debate is achieved with words and discussion. In a world too often divided, we should strive to show empathy to everyone, even those we don’t agree with,” Fontaine said in a written statement sent to the Free Press by a spokesman for the NDP government Friday morning.

The post Fontaine shared Thursday said, “Charlie Kirk was a racist, xenophobic, transphobic, islamophobic, sexist, white nationalist mouthpiece who made millions of dollars inciting hatred in th

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