On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) commented on the assassination of Charlie Kirk and stated that “There has been a permissiveness about political violence. And I do think the President of the United States has to answer for the way in which he has created that culture of permissiveness. But there have been elements of the left who have lionized and celebrated violence as well.”
Murphy said, “The first thing I think about is Charlie Kirk’s family. Having spent way too much time with the sons and daughters and mothers and fathers of those who have fallen from gun violence, there [are] just no words to describe what they’re going through right now. Nobody should have to live through this horror.”
He continued, “But I’m certainly thinking about the quickening pace of political violence in this country. In an extraordinarily short amount of time, you’ve seen the murder of state legislators in Minnesota, attempted assassinations of the President of the United States, obviously, January 6 still lives in our very present memory, and we’ve got to have a conversation about how we draw a line here. And we can’t afford to argue who’s more at risk, the right or the left. The fact of the matter is, the shots are being fired at political figures, whether they are Republicans or Democrats. There has been a permissiveness about political violence. And I do think the President of the United States has to answer for the way in which he has created that culture of permissiveness. But there have been elements of the left who have lionized and celebrated violence as well. And this is a moment for everybody to assess where we are and recognize that our entire democratic experiment is going to crumble if people don’t believe that they’re safe when they express their political views.”
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