"Calming the public was a job that fell instead to another Republican, Cox, who urged Americans to resist "rage" during a Friday news conference at Utah Valley University following the suspect's arrest. "It feels like rageis the only option. But ... we can choose a different path," Cox said. "There is one person responsible for what happened here, and that person is now in custody," Cox said Friday. "This is our moment," Cox said. Do we escalate or do we find an off ramp?"
"Earlier that morning, Trump complained of " bad people, bad philosophies, ideologies, politics." "The radicals on the right oftentimes are radical because they don't want to see crime. ... The radicals on the left are the problem, and they're vicious and horrible and politically savvy," Trump said. Two days earlier, he blamed the "demonization" of conservatives like Kirk for "the terrorism that we're seeing in our country today," citing multiple attacks on Republicans - without mentioning recent violence against Democrats. Trump during a "Fox & Friends" interview where he announced the arrest, initially called for Republicans avoid violent retaliation and get "revenge at the voter box." He immediately followed that up by calling mail-in voting "totally rigged" and returned to talking about crime in Democratic-led cities and immigration."
Following a suspect's arrest, Republican Cox urged Americans to resist 'rage' and choose a different path, calling the suspect solely responsible and asking whether to escalate or find an off-ramp. Earlier, Trump complained of 'bad people, bad philosophies, ideologies, politics,' blamed left-wing radicals as vicious and politically savvy, and blamed the 'demonization' of conservatives for domestic terrorism. During a Fox & Friends interview he initially counseled Republicans to avoid violent retaliation and seek 'revenge at the voter box,' then called mail-in voting 'totally rigged' and refocused on crime in Democratic-led cities and immigration. Cox's restraint drew praise across the political spectrum and could elevate his national profile.
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