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Following the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, President Trump and others attended a memorial in Arizona. The event sparked discussions about political rhetoric and violence, referencing attacks against Trump and the murder of Melissa Hortman and her husband. Governor Hochul held a bipartisan meeting in New York to address this rising tension. While Republican Senate Minority Leader Ortt attended, he questioned Hochul’s past inflammatory remarks, which she defended before promising a change in tone. Ortt later discussed on “Capital Tonight” political violence, leadership standards, and the widening ideological gap on defining hate speech.
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President Donald Trump and thousands of mourners gathered in Arizona Sunday to remember the life of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Kirk’s assassination has put a renewed focus on the role of rhetoric in politics, and the concerning trend of political violence, including the multiple assassination attempts against President Donald Trump, the murder of Democratic former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband.
Last week, Gov. Kathy Hochul convened a bipartisan meeting of leaders to discuss ways to turn down the nation’s temperature, urging New York’s leaders to take the personal edge off of political disagreements. Republican state Senate Minority Leader Rob Ortt was invited and attended, but took issue after Hochul was asked about previous statements from this summer likening the nation’s redistricting struggle to “war.” The governor defended her past remarks before pledging to adjust her tone in the future as part of a “reset.”
Ortt joined Capital Tonight to discuss the issue of political violence and rhetoric, the standard leaders should be held to, and the stark ideological divide among many Democrats and Republicans over what is considered hate speech.
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