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Jason Ma

Utah governor blasts 'conflict entrepreneurs' and tech giants that 'hack our brains' after Charlie Kirk assassination

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It’s too early to pinpoint an exact motive behind the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, according to Utah Governor Spencer Cox, but the lawmaker didn’t mince words on social media’s role in generating animosity among Americans.

In an interview Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press with Kristen Welker, Cox said friends of the suspect, Tyler Robinson, confirmed he had dived deep into “dark places of the internet.”

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