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The Guardian - US
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Chris Stein

‘Despicable’: Republicans and Democrats condemn violence after Charlie Kirk killing

Donald Trump shakes hands with Charlie Kirk at a 2018 event.
Donald Trump shakes hands with Charlie Kirk at a 2018 event. Photograph: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP

The killing of the rightwing activist Charlie Kirk at a Utah college on Wednesday afternoon prompted outrage from Democrats and Republicans over the latest act of political violence in the United States, with Donald Trump lamenting the loss of a key ally.

“The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie,” the US president posted on his Truth Social platform.

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