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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
John Bowden

Utah senator urges Democrats to give vengeful conservatives ‘grace’ after Charlie Kirk’s death

In the wake of the shooting death of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk at a college in Utah last week, some Republicans have insisted that the movement is at “war” with what they see as the “radical” left — a catch-all term that encompasses most of the Democratic Party and Trump-opposing independent voters.

But as some of his own colleagues insist that calls for political violence are solely perpetrated by Democrats — ignoring those very calls from some of the president’s loudest supporters — a Utah Republican senator is calling on the targets of a recurring GOP blame game to take things in stride.

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