Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-Calif.) said Sunday that he believed that the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk “can be an occasion for soul searching as a country.”

“I think we all recognize that political divisions have been deepening in this country, that political violence is on the rise and with so much anger right now and fear this cycle could well escalate, but I don't think it has to be that way,” Kiley said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

“I think this can be an occasion for soul searching as a country, where we ask ourselves, ‘How can we pursue a different vision of politics? How can we all play a part in forming a better American community?’” he added.

Kirk was talking at an Utah Valley University event Wednesday when he was shot and killed. Following a manhunt featuring local,

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