"In the immediate wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination in Utah earlier this week, before there was any real information on the identity or motives of the assassin, President Donald Trump addressed the nation with an angry screed blaming the "radical left" (his term for Democrats) for the crime and vowing official vengeance against those who had allegedly inspired the killing by uttering high-volume insults at Kirk and other MAGA folk."
"This morning, after a rather clumsy leak by the president on Fox & Friends, a press conference featuring federal, state, and local law-enforcement figures and presided over by Utah's Republican governor, Spencer Cox, officially unveiled the name of the suspect, 22-year-old Utah student Tyler Robinson, along with some preliminary data from discovered evidence suggesting "anti-fascism" might be his motive. You could hear the engines of partisan and ideological vengeance getting ready to rev up across the internet."
President Donald Trump initially blamed the "radical left" for Charlie Kirk's assassination and vowed vengeance prior to confirmation of a suspect. A leak on Fox & Friends preceded a press conference where law enforcement and Governor Spencer Cox named 22-year-old Utah student Tyler Robinson and noted preliminary evidence suggesting anti-fascism motives. The president's early remarks heightened fears of collective blame and partisan retaliation online. Governor Cox called for de-escalation, emphasized that "words are not violence," stressed that one person is responsible, and cited calls for forgiveness and calm within the state.
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