"It's long past time for all Americans and the media to confront the fact that violence and murder are the tragic consequence of demonizing those with whom you disagree day after day, year after year, in the most hateful and despicable way possible, Trump said. Then he went on to blame the radical left for Kirk's murder, as well as for the attempt last year made on Trump's life in Butler, Pennsylvania."
"Demonizing opponents In other words: Trump demonizes people he disagrees with, in the most hateful and despicable way. And he's been doing it for years, of course. He calls his opponents scum, lowlifes, animals, losers and hundreds of other slurs. He urged supporters at a Trump rally toknock the crap out of hecklers. He praised a GOP congressman who body-slammed a reporter."
Public discourse has become increasingly violent, with denunciations of violent rhetoric often accompanied by similar language from others. President Donald Trump blamed the radical left for Charlie Kirk's assassination while also accusing the left of past attempts on his life, despite conflicting evidence about perpetrators' political affiliations. Trump regularly demonizes opponents with slurs, praises physical assaults on critics, and urges supporters toward violence. Some conservatives promote the great replacement theory, a racist ideology that helped motivate mass murders in Buffalo and El Paso. Law enforcement detained a suspect in the Kirk case, but definitive information about motive or political alignment remained unclear.
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