"Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg used a nationally televised interview Sunday to both condemn the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and deliver a strikingly candid critique of former President Joe Biden's failed reelection bid. Speaking to Kirsten Welker on NBC's Meet the Press, Buttigieg, who served in Biden's cabinet until President Donald Trump's inauguration in January, said Biden's decision to run again was a mistake that left Democrats vulnerable."
"Former Vice President Kamala Harris, in a forthcoming memoir, has also described Biden's decision as "recklessness." Buttigieg echoed that sentiment, conceding that while he was not part of Biden's inner circle on the reelection question, he believed the president should have stepped aside much earlier. "We are where we are as a country and as a party right now," he said, "and what matters now is how we build a different kind of future.""
""First and foremost, a man has been murdered. His family is grieving. Charlie Kirk had children," Buttigieg said. "This should not have happened to him, and this should never happen to anyone." He warned that every American, not just public figures, is endangered when violence replaces politics."
Pete Buttigieg condemned the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, calling the killing unacceptable and noting Kirk had children and a grieving family. Buttigieg criticized Joe Biden's decision to run for reelection as a mistake that left Democrats vulnerable and said Biden should not have run; an earlier decision to step aside might have produced a better outcome. Buttigieg echoed Kamala Harris's characterization of the decision as recklessness and urged focus on building a different kind of future. He warned that political violence endangers all Americans and called for preventing violence from replacing politics.
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