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FIRST ON FOX: A Senate Republican plans to launch a hearing to put political violence from the political left under the microscope.

Sen. Eric Schmitt , R-Mo., plans to announce an upcoming hearing, dubbed "Politically Violent Attacks: A Threat to Our Constitutional Order," to examine the origins of political violence and extremism that he argued stemmed largely from the Democratic side of the political spectrum.

Schmitt, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, plans to hold the hearing on Oct. 28 and will examine the cross-section of the First Amendment and political violence, specifically in the wake of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk .

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