President Barack Obama attended the Jefferson Educational Society’s 17th Global Summit in Pennsylvania Wednesday, where he was asked about right-wing activist Charlie Kirk’s killing last week.
Addressing the Trump administration’s response to the murder of Kirk—who was known for promoting racist, transphobic, and misogynistic views—Obama pointed out the stark differences between the Trump administration and his own staff.
“I will say that those extreme views were not in my White House. I wasn't embracing them. I wasn't empowering them. I wasn't putting the weight of the United States government behind extremist views,” he said. “When we have the weight of the United States government behind extremist views, we've got a problem.”
Though Obama admitted that he didn’t know Kirk personally,