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Pennsylvania’s Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro strongly condemned all political violence on Tuesday and called for solidarity and moral clarity following last week’s assassination of conservative activists and Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk.
Shapiro Donald Trump He condemned the violence after murdering Kirk at a university campus event at Utah Valley University.
“Violence in all its forms is unacceptable,” Shapiro said in a speech at the Pittsburgh Global Summit on Eradication of Hate. “Political violence is particularly dangerous. It not only tries to hurt, ridicule or kill – it tries to intimidate, intimidate and silence.”
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Pennsylvania’s Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro strongly condemned all political violence that was assassinated last week’s conservative activist and Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk. (Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC image)
this The governor of Pennsylvania His speeches in recent years have pointed to other high-profile violent political attacks, including attempts to be stabbed last year and the murder of former Minnesota Speaker Melissa Hortman this year’s Democrat and her husband.
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Trump accused the “radical left” of speeches in the Oval Office hours after Kirk was killed.
In an interview with Fox News on Friday and NBC News on Saturday, the president targeted the “radical left LUNATICS.”
President Donald Trump talks to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Morristown Airport on Sunday, September 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
“When you look at these questions, the problem is on the left. It’s not on the right,” Trump told reporters on Sunday.
But Shapiro mocked Trump without mentioning the president’s name directly.
“At times like this, I believe it is our responsibility to shout out all forms of political violence clearly and clearly and make it clear that it is all wrong. It’s not difficult,” the governor said.
In a speech Tuesday, Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania called the Charlie Kirk’s assassination “unacceptable.” (Mark Makela/Getty Images)
Shapiro lamented: “Unfortunately, the dark corners of the Internet went all the way to some of the political violence cases that the Oval Office wanted to pick on, and they wanted to condemn the Oval Office.”
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“Doing this will only divide us further, which makes it more difficult to heal. Some people will hear selective condemnation and use it as allowing for more violence to be imposed. As long as it fits their narrative or is only directed to the other party.”
