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Spencer Cox
@spencercox· Republican · UT· Sep 11, 2025

We cannot do our job without the public’s help

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Spencer Cox
@spencercox· Republican · UT· Sep 11, 2025

We pray that God will bless our nation at this very dark time, we can start healing by finding this perpetrator and holding him accountable. And we need your help to do that.

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· Republican · FL· Sep 11, 2025

No, but I think it flows from this intolerance to opposing ideas.

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Spencer Cox
@spencercox· Republican · UT· Sep 11, 2025

More than 7,000 tips have been provided to the FBI in the manhunt for Charlie Kirk’s killer. The agency has not seen a number that large since the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Sep 11, 2025

We got a colleague, Mark Kelly, whose life was unalterably shaped by political violence. President Trump survived an assassination attempt, and then another assassination plot was foiled. It’s just too common.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Sep 11, 2025

The attack on Charlie Kirk is disgusting, vile, and reprehensible. In the United States of America, we must reject political violence in EVERY form.

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Rick Scott
@rickscott· Republican · FL· Sep 10, 2025

I ask every American to join me in praying for him, his family, and every student gathered there.

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Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Sep 10, 2025

This is the kind of thing that happens in authoritarian regimes.

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Greg Abbott
@gregabbott· Republican · TX· Sep 10, 2025

Charlie’s voice was a beacon for millions of young Americans searching for truth, courage, and conviction.

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Doug Burgum
@dougburgum· Republican · ND· Sep 10, 2025

Overturning the rule protects our American way of life and gives our communities a voice in the land that they depend on.

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· Republican · FL· Sep 10, 2025

protection against some of these technologies if they run amok.

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Josh Shapiro
@joshshapiro· Democratic · PA· Sep 10, 2025

The attack on Charlie Kirk is horrifying and this growing type of unconscionable violence cannot be allowed in our society.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Sep 10, 2025

We should all feel a deep sense of grief and outrage at the terrible violence that took place in Utah today. Charlie Kirk's murder is sick and reprehensible, and our thoughts are with his family, children, and loved ones.

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George W. Bush
@georgewbush· Republican · TX· Sep 10, 2025

Violence and vitriol must be purged from the public square. Members of other political parties are not our enemies; they are our fellow citizens.

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Spencer Cox
@spencercox· Republican · UT· Sep 10, 2025

We will bring to justice the individual responsible for this tragedy.

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Spencer Cox
@spencercox· Republican · UT· Sep 10, 2025

I just want to remind people that we still have the death penalty in the state of Utah.

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· Republican · FL· Sep 10, 2025

Casey and I are praying for Charlie Kirk and his family.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Sep 10, 2025

The attack on Charlie Kirk is disgusting, vile, and reprehensible. In the United States of America, we must reject political violence in EVERY form.

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