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(NewsNation) — Rep. Jeff Crank, R-Colo., said helium views the attack connected blimpish activistic Charlie Kirk arsenic an “attack connected America.”
“It was an onslaught connected the values our state holds dear," Crank told "Morning successful America" connected Tuesday, "An onslaught connected the content that we tin enactment together, that we disagree with 1 another, but astatine the extremity of the day, we’re inactive Americans."
He besides called connected leaders to talk out, stressing that Kirk's assassination cannot beryllium tolerated.
Last week, Kirk was fatally changeable portion speaking astatine an lawsuit astatine Utah Valley University. Kirk, co-founder of Turning Point USA and an state of President Donald Trump, was wide credited with energizing young Republican voters and playing a cardinal relation successful Trump’s 2024 statesmanlike victory.
Prosecutors were preparing to file charges against Kirk’s accused killer, Tyler Robinson, connected Tuesday. Robinson is expected to beryllium formally charged with aggregate felonies, including aggravated murder, discharge of a firearm and obstruction of justice. The aggravated execution number carries the anticipation of the decease punishment or, astatine a minimum, 25 years successful prison.
