Former President says political violence is ‘anathema to what it means to be a democratic country’

Former President Barack Obama on Tuesday called the recent assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk a “horrific and a tragedy,” while speaking at the Jefferson Educational Society in Erie, Pennsylvania.

Kirk, 31, was shot and killed on September 10 while speaking at an event at Utah Valley University. Authorities have since charged 22-year-old Tyler Robinson with his murder and plan to seek the death penalty.

“Regardless of where you are on the political spectrum, what happened to Charlie Kirk was horrific and a tragedy,” Obama stated. “And there are no ifs, ands or buts about it, the central premise of our democratic system is that we have to be able to disagree and have

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