Former President Barack Obama on Tuesday condemned the assassination of Charlie Kirk and the spate of political violence that has gripped the country while rebuking President Donald Trump and his allies’ for politicizing the shooting and not doing more to unite the country.
Speaking in Erie, Pennsylvania, at the Jefferson Educational Society, a nonprofit think tank, with moderator Steve Scully, Obama said that Kirk’s murder was “horrific and a tragedy,” adding that the nation’s democratic system is grounded in the principle that people can disagree without resorting to violence.
