When Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at Utah Valley University in September, Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., recalled when an assassination attempt was made on his wife, former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, in 2011.

On this episode of Deseret Voices, journalist McKay Coppins asks Kelly about the health of our democracy amid this increasing trend of political violence. On Wednesday, Kelly held a bipartisan discussion with Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, at Utah Valley University, where the assassination of Kirk occurred in September.

Kelly explains how he sees members of the opposition party and how we can turn down the temperature as a country.

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