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Barack Obama, the former president, talked about the shocking murder of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk while he was in Erie, Pennsylvania.Barack Obama reportedly called the assassination a “horrific” event and a national tragedy in his first public comments since the tragedy. As political tensions rise, he said that America is at an “inflection point.”What did Barack Obama say about the murder of Charlie Kirk?Obama called the killing of Charlie Kirk “horrific and a tragedy” during a discussion at the Jefferson Educational Society in Erie, Pennsylvania, with Steve Scully as the moderator. He made it clear that violence is not acceptable in a democracy where people disagree without bloodshed.Live EventsALSO READ: D4vd Tesla body identified as a teenage girl – was it a murder? What she wore and where the case is headedHe said he addressed the shocking murder during a Pennsylvania forum, “And then when it happens to somebody, even if you think they’re quote unquote ‘on the other side of the argument,’ that’s a threat to all of us and we have to be clear and forthright and condemn it.”“Regardless of where you are on the political spectrum, what happened to Charlie Kirk was horrific and a tragedy,” Obama said, as quoted in a report by the New York Post.He said, “Look, obviously I didn’t know Charlie Kirk,” adding, “I was generally aware of some of his ideas. I think those ideas were wrong, but that doesn’t negate the fact that what happened was a tragedy and that I mourn for him and his family.” Did Barack Obama say that Donald Trump was responsible for the country’s division?Obama said that America has reached a “inflection point” and blamed the Trump administration for giving extremist views more power.“But I’ll say this — those extreme views were not in my White House. I wasn’t empowering them. I wasn’t putting the weight of the United States government behind them,” he claimed, according to the Erie Times-News.He said, “When we have the weight of the United States government behind extremist views, we’ve got a problem.”The former president stated, “We’re at an inflection point in the sense that we always have to fight for our democracy and we have to fight for those values that have made this country the envy of the world,” according to the Erie Times-News.ALSO READ: Charlie Kirk’s shocking remarks over women and their career goals days before his death- Here’s what he said”When I hear not just our current president, but his aides, who have a history of calling political opponents ‘vermin,’ enemies who need to be ‘targeted,’ that speaks to a broader problem that we have right now and something that we’re going to have to grapple with, all of us,” Obama said, calling what the U.S. is going through a “political crisis,” as quoted in a report by the New York Post.What happened in Utah?Last week, Charlie Kirk was shot and killed while giving a speech at Utah Valley University. His wife, Erika, and their two young kids will miss him. More than 30 hours later, police arrested Tyler Robinson, the man they think killed him, and charged him with aggravated murder.ALSO READ: Is Tyler Robinson a republican? Here’s the political affiliation of the suspect arrested for the assassination of Charlie KirkObama’s comments in person came after he posted on X, “We don’t yet know what motivated the person who shot and killed Charlie Kirk, but this kind of despicable violence has no place in our democracy. Michelle and I will be praying for Charlie’s family tonight, especially his wife Erika and their two young children.”FAQsWhat did Obama say about Charlie Kirk’s death?He said it was a “horrific” tragedy and that violence like this puts democracy at risk.Who has been charged with killing Charlie Kirk?Tyler Robinson was taken into custody and charged with murder.Add as a Reliable and Trusted News Source Add Now!
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