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Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) urged lawmakers to “lower the temperature” in political discourse, emphasizing that their words have consequences and can incite violence. Speaking to CNN, Kelly, whose wife Gabby Giffords was a victim of political violence, stated that overheated rhetoric from both Democrats and Republicans is harmful. He defended Charlie Kirk’s right to speak at a university, highlighting the First Amendment. Kelly expressed concern about the country’s deep divisions, worrying that the nation is too divided to prevent further political violence. He called for politicians to consider the impact of their words and step back from inflammatory rhetoric.
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Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, who represented Charlie Kirk in Congress, told CNN today that lawmakers need to “lower the temperature. ”
Kelly also stressed that politicians on both sides of the aisle should be careful with their rhetoric as it can incite political violence. “Political rhetoric … from both sides often gets out of hand and it incites people to do things like this,” Kelly said. “And I think it’s, you know, so important in times like this when we all take a step back and think about, you know, our words and the consequences of them, you know, from both sides of the political spectrum.”
Kelly — whose wife, former Rep. Gabby Giffords, was shot while meeting with constituents in 2011 — went on to say that Kirk “had every right to be out there.”
“It’s his First Amendment rights, speaking to kids at a university, and his life is ended because of this,” Kelly added. “This isn’t who we should be. This is never the answer.”
When asked if the country is too divided right now to come together and stop such political violence, Kelly told Burnett, “I worry about it every single day.”
