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On Sunday night, President Donald Trump eulogized far-right conservative activist Charlie Kirk, describing him as a “martyr” and blaming his assassination on the “radical left.” Minutes before, Kirk’s wife had offered a very different address, saying that her husband would have forgiven his killer. “The answer to hate is not hate,” Erika Kirk said. “The answer, we know from the Gospel, is love and always love.”

Feeling the need to contradict the grieving widow, Trump told the gathered mourners and viewers at home that, unlike Kirk, “I hate my opponent and I don’t want the best for them.” The bizarre, five-hour-long spectacle didn’t come as a surprise to Caroline S

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