WASHINGTON (AP) – Utah Governor Spencer Cox made a passionate plea for Americans and young people to use their fears on Friday Public assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk As an inflection point that would keep the country away from political violence and division.
“This is our moment. Will we escalate or will we find an off-ramp?” Cox said when he announced the authorities at a Utah press conference. A suspect was found in Kirk’s murder in custody.. “That’s a choice.”
Throughout his political career, Cox, a two-term Republican governor, issued pleas for bipartisan cooperation, and sometimes attracted the public’s attention. His sympathetic remarks.
His speech on Friday was his most emotional and well-known example as he urged a common foundation and appeal to humanity to build a better society. This was a marked departure from the belligerent rhetoric adopted in recent years by US politicians, particularly known for their provocative language, and President Donald Trump, who denounced Kirk’s murder in rhetoric of “radical left.”
On Wednesday, Cox made a similar plea after Kirk’s murder.
He went further on Friday, admitting that he had run with just 90 minutes of sleep after Manhunt days due to Kirk’s murderer Manhunt and the intense rhetoric development online.
His voice appears to be broken at times, and Cox said the response to violence and hatred could be more violence and hatred. “That’s the problem Political violenceHe said. And at some point we have to find an off-ramp. Otherwise, it would be much worse. ”
“History determines whether this is the turning point of our country, but if this is the turning point for us, then we all become the choice right now,” Cox said.
The 50-year-old governor, who has four children, a teenager and a young adult, directed the youth to some of his remarks.
“You’re inheriting a country where politics feels like anger. You feel anger is your only option,” he said.
But Cox said there was another path. “Your generation has the opportunity to build a culture that is very different from what we are suffering from now.”
He said the 22-year-old suspect in Kirk’s murder became “more political” until Wednesday’s shooting on college campus.
Cox also spoke about the harms of social media, saying that Kirk’s murder is “extremely badly” for everyone View online.
“We are not biologically wired as humans. Historically, we have not evolved to handle these types of violent images,” Cox said. “This isn’t good for us. It’s not good to consume. Social media is now a cancer of our society.”
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Associated Press Writer Chris Megarian contributed to this report.
