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New York Times Columnist Ezra Klein, who stood in his opinion piece, said that Turning America co-founder Charlie Kirk practiced politics “the right way” after revealing on a podcast on Tuesday that he received a pushback from his side.
Kirk was shot dead at a campus event at Utah Valley University on September 10. FBI officials and Utah Gov. Spencer Cox later came out and said the shooter held the “Left ideology“This may have inspired assassination.
One day later, Klein published an article Memorializing his legacy, titled “Charlie Kirk practices politics in the right way.” Although he disagrees with his politics, he emphasizes Kirk’s work in interacting with the opposition.
New York Times columnist Ezra Klein has previously written that Charlie Kirk practices politics “the right way” by visiting university campuses. (Ezra Klein shows YouTube channel)
“You can not like a lot Kirk believes, and the following statement is still true: Kirk is practicing politics in the right way,” Klein wrote. “He is showing up to campus and talking to anyone who will talk to him. He is one of the most effective persuasive practitioners of his time. He is almost absolute when the left thinks it has mastered the hearts and thoughts of college students, and Kirk appears again and again to break it.”
Klein spoke to the work again on the podcast.Ezra Klein Showbased on the reactions he received, the most “polarized” work he wrote.
“I’ve published a lot of work over the years,” Klein said. “I’m not sure if I’d ever published a polarized response like that. A lot of people appreciate it, especially on the right. They feel it sees their friends and their allies, and sees their perspective more. There are a lot, many people closer to my own politics, and they’re really being privatized.
Anti-Trump voice praises Charlie Kirk
Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was shot dead at Utah Valley University during a campus event. (Kevin Lamarck/Reuters)
Klein described being told that a person could condemn political violence without “whitewashing” people like Kirk, but added that he no longer believed that it would be enough to just condemn violence.
He pointed out that he became more sympathetic and sympathetic to Kirk as a result.
“In a way that surprised me, given my opinion on Kirk’s project, I used to and saddened Kirk himself. Not because I knew him – I was not. Not because he was a saint – he was not. He was not. Not because I agreed with his consent. No, he tended to work hard to achieve what he meant, and I tended to work hard to prevent it,” Klein said.
He continued: “But I find myself sad for him because I recognize some of the common grounds with him. He was murdered for being part of our politics. Somewhere we also have some disagreements, and some things that are connected to us. Some efforts are trying to change the country in ways we think are good.”
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Ezra Klein said in the podcast that people need to learn to live with each other again. (Rebecca Noble/Bloomberg via Getty Image)
In the spirit of finding common ground, Klein Ben Shapiro.
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“We will have to live here with each other, believe in our beliefs, disagree in ways we disagree in ways we disagree,” Klein said.
