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Following the death of Charlie Kirk, top Congressional Democrats Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries urged national unity and condemned political violence. They specifically called for refraining from assigning blame, a direct response to former President Trump’s remarks attributing the assassination to the “radical left.” Trump had argued that demonizing political opponents fueled such violence. Schumer emphasized the need for Americans to mourn together and address violence as a national affliction. Jeffries echoed the sentiment, advocating for leadership that fosters unity rather than division, emphasizing that political violence is unacceptable and requires collective efforts to overcome.
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, the top Democrats in Congress, called for the nation to unite following Kirk’s death and said there should be no finger-pointing or blame.
“This is a time that all Americans should come together and feel and mourn what happened. Violence, which affects so many different people of so many different political persuasions, is an affliction of America, and coming together is what we ought to be doing, not pointing fingers or blame,” Schumer said when asked by CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion to respond to Mr. Trump’s remarks about Kirk’s death on Wednesday.
In a video recorded in the Oval Office Wednesday, the president blamed the assassination on the “radical left” and said political violence and murder are the “tragic consequence of demonizing” those with opposing political views.
“For years, those on the radical left have compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to Nazis and the world’s worst mass murderers and criminals,” the president said. “This kind of rhetoric is directly responsible for the terrorism that we’re seeing in our country today, and it must stop right now.”
Jeffries echoed Schumer’s call for unity.
“This moment requires leadership that brings the American people together, as opposed to trying to further divide us,” he said. “Political violence in any form against any American is unacceptable, should be denounced by everyone. And moving forward, we have to figure out a better way to come together, not as Democrats or Republicans, but as Americans.”
— Melissa Quinn and Alan He
