Former President Barack Obama raised concerns about political violence in the United States during an interview at the Jefferson Educational Society in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, in the wake of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk less than a week ago.

"We are certainly at an inflection point, not just around political violence, but there are a host of larger trends that we have to be concerned about. I think it is important for us, at the outset, to acknowledge that political violence is not new. It has happened at certain periods in our history, but it is something that it is anathema to what it means to be a democratic country," he said.

"And regardless of where you are on the political spectrum, what happened to Charlie Kirk was horrific and a tragedy. What happene

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