Democrats and liberal pundits blamed Charlie Kirk and the conservative movement he championed for his own death within hours of his life being taken by an assassin at a speaking event in Utah.
“Political violence unfortunately has been ratcheting up in this country,” Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker told reporters Wednesday, referencing the recent murder of Minnesota’s Democratic House speaker.
“I think there are people who are fomenting it in this country — I think the president’s rhetoric often foments it,” Pritzker went on.
“We’ve seen the January 6th rioters who clearly have tripped a new era of political violence.”
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker commented on Charlie Kirk being fatally shot.REUTERS
The Democratic governor made no mention of the twin assassination attempts against former President Donald Trump during the 2024 campaign.
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.”
Kirk, a father of two, started the Turning Point USA movement in 2012 that has since dominated right-wing political organizing on college campuses nationwide.
Reps for Pritzker’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
