Trump blames 'radical left political violence' for killing of Charlie Kirk – video
In an Oval Office address delivered before the person who killed the conservative activist Charlie Kirk has been identified, Donald Trump blamed the radical left' for the shooting and promised a crackdown. Trump recited a list of incidents of what he termed 'radical left political violence', including the attempt to kill him last year. The president's list did not include violence against Democrats, such as the murder of Melissa Hortman, a Minnesota state lawmaker, and her husband, and the shooting of another Democratic state lawmaker and his wife in June. The attack on the former House speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband; the Trump supporter who sent pipe bombs to leading Democrats; and the threats to the life of his first vice-president, Mike Pence, were also omitted
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