Former President Barack Obama speaks on the second day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on August 20, 2024. Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty Images

Former President Barack Obama commented on the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk during remarks Tuesday night in Erie, Pennsylvania, saying that “regardless of where you are on the political spectrum, what happened to Charlie Kirk was horrific and a tragedy.”

“Look, obviously I didn’t know Charlie Kirk,” Obama said, according to a transcript his office released to CNN. “I was generally aware of some of his ideas. I think those ideas were wrong, but that doesn’t negate the fact that what happened was a tragedy and that I mourn for him and his family.”

Obama went on, “He’s a young

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