The president hit out at «radicals on the left» following the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Representative Seth Moulton, a Massachusetts Democrat, shared on social media on Friday some of what he described as «violent and graphic threats» that he said his office received after calling on President Donald Trump to join «level-headed Republicans in condemning political violence, not inciting it further.»Why It Matters
On Wednesday, Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk, an influential conservative commentator, was fatally shot at Utah Valley University (UVU) campus. Police on Friday arrested 22-year-old suspect Tyler Robinson and said they recovered bullet casings inscribed with anti-fascist messages as well as a gun from near the scene.
Over the past 15 months, the United States has seen a spate of attacks aimed at politicians or other public figures. This has included the fatal shooting of a Democratic lawmaker and her husband in Minnesota in June, the fatal attack on two Israeli embassy employees in May and the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City in December 2024.
Trump, then the presumptive Republican presidential candidate, narrowly survived an assassination attempt in July 2024 after being shot by Thomas Matthew Crooks and prosecutors allege 58-year-old Ryan Routh made a second attempt two months later in September, though he has pled not guilty to related criminal charges. What To Know
On Friday, Moulton shared a series of hostile messages he received on various social media platforms via his X account.
«My office has received an extraordinary number of violent and graphic threats yesterday and today from right-wing individuals online and over the phone—directed toward me, my family, and my staff—after I pointed out the simple fact that President Trump should join Speaker [Mike] Johnson and other level-headed Republicans in condemning political violence, not inciting it further», the congressman wrote.
