We cannot — we must not go down this road in America. We’ve traveled it before throughout our history. Violence has never been the answer.

The power to change America should always rest in the hands of the people, not in the hands of a would-be assassin.

There's no place in America for this kind of violence. It's sick. It's sick. It's one of the reasons why we have to unite this country.

We owe that to those who come before us, to those who gave their lives for this country. We owe it to ourselves. We owe it to our children and our grandchildren.

My fellow Americans, I want to speak to you tonight about the need for us to lower the temperature in our politics, and to remember, while we may disagree, we are not enemies. We're neighbors. We're friends, coworkers, citizens. And most…

It cannot be tolerated. This has to end.

I've said it many times that the choice in this -- we make in this election is going to shape the future of America and the world for decades to come.

There is no place in America for this kind of violence. It’s sick. It’s sick. Everybody, everybody, must condemn it.

I urge everyone, everyone, please, don't make assumptions about his motives or his affiliations. Let the FBI do their job and their partner agencies do their job.

There is no place in America for this kind of violence or for any violence ever. Period. No exceptions. We can't allow this violence to be normalized.

But in America, we resolve our differences at the battle box. You know, that's how we do it, at the ballot box, not with bullets.

We cannot, we must not go down this road in America.

Look, there is no place in America for this kind of violence. It's sick. It's sick. It's one of the reasons why we have to unite this country. We cannot allow for this to be happening. We cannot be like this. We cannot condone this.

He talked about the tenets of democracy and the need to continue the discussion and the real debate using words and not anything else, and focusing on the end goal, which is November and the ballot box.

It's time to cool it down.

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