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Tragedies can expose division in any group, and the assassination of Charlie Kirk exposed a profound division in the Democratic Party .
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On one side, you have New York Times columnist Ezra Klein, who lauded Kirk for “practicing politics in exactly the right way” by showing up on college campuses, debating anyone, and be