Former U.S. Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) on Monday compared the attempted assassination of former Governor George Wallace and the recent assassination of Charlie Kirk.

Jones said during a livestream on Monday in honor of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing that “words have consequences.”

“I want you to remember George Wallace in leading up to 1963 and then somewhat beyond, when he was elected, continued this violent rhetoric, continued this hateful rhetoric. And guess what? George Wallace was ultimately shot in Baltimore, in Laurel, Maryland in 1972 as he was running for President of the United States — the Democratic nominee for President of the United States,” Jones said. “Rhetoric like this has consequences that you can’t control. Once it’s out, once that genie is out of the

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