In past times, when shocking events and tragedies occurred, whoever was President of the United States promoted a sense of unity, rather than division.
Such was the case when John F. Kennedy was assassinated, followed by Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy, all under the Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson.
Such was the case when September 11 occurred, under the Presidency of George W. Bush.
Such was the case when Donald Trump faced an assassination threat in 2024, under the Presidency of Joe Biden.
The four former Presidents—Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden–all issued compassionate and unifying statements after the tragic murder of Charlie Kirk on this past Wednesday.
But Donald Trump, as usual, is promoting division and threats, and making claims about the assassin, which are totally untrue.
Instead of “lowering the temperature” of the rhetoric, he is escalating the potential of political violence!
The assassin was a straight white Utah Mormon, whose family are Trump supporters, not some liberal or socialist or gay or Muslim or immigrant or Latino or anything remotely related to the so called Left!