Bernie Sanders says “every American” must condemn what happened to Charlie Kirk

Senator Bernie Sanders, I-VT., After the murder of Charlie Kirk, she shared almost four and a half minutes of video on social media, which warned of “anxious growth of political violence”, which is afraid of the senator that people are afraid to participate in public life. He added that “every American” should condemn what happened to Kirk.

Sanders has long been an unwavering opponent of Republicans and conservatives, such as Kirk, but a progressive senator said on Thursday that this disagreement was exactly what the freedom is. He added that everyone who believes that violence is a response is just a coward.

“Free and Democratic Society, what should be America Video. “Without worrying that they may be killed, wounded or humiliated for expressing their political views. In fact, this is the essence of what freedom is and what democracy goes.”

I am a Democrat, and the murder of Charlie Kirk should unite all Americans against violence

Sanders said it was afraid that the trend political rage Can create a cooling effect that prevents people from wanting to participate in democracy because of the fears of potential consequences that can come.

Charlie Kirk warned his followers to alert the “murder culture” among the left months before his own murder on the University Haradok Utah. (Getti Image)

“Political violence, in fact, is political cowardice. It means that you cannot convince people of the correctness of your ideas and you have to impose them with force,” Sanders said. “Every American, no matter what political view can be, should condemn all forms of political violence and all forms of intimidation. We must welcome and respect dissenters. That’s what our Constitution is about, that’s what our bill is on, and this is, in fact, what is freedom.”

“Murder Charlie Kirk It is part of an alarming rise of political violence that threatens to walk public life and make people be afraid to participate, “Sanders continued.

Senator Bernie Sanders, I-VT. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

After the murder of Kirk, on Wednesday, the social media escalated when the messages and other records of the people who noted his murder became viral. However, legislators on both sides of the passage severely condemned the political violence that took Kirk’s life.

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“This is a scary,” Senator Ruben Galega, D. AART., said. “Charlie Kirk was a husband, father and son. Violence is never an answer. Sydney and I keep the Kirk family in our prayers.”

“I am deeply concerned about the threat of violence that has entered our political life, and I pray that everyone, no matter how our disagreement with them is a man, and an American who deserves respect and protection,” said the majority of the Senate John Tun.

The memorials that honored Charlie Kirk passed all over the country and abroad, including in Berlin. Kirk was killed on September 10, 2025. (Ilkin Eskipehlivan /Anadolu via Getty Images)

In anticipation of the message in social media in April Kirk himself warned of the “culture of the attempted” spread to the left.

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“The attempted culture is spreading to the left. Forty-eight percent of the liberals say that it would be at least a few justified by the murder of Elon Musk. Fifty-five percent said the same about Donald Trump,” Kirk wrote in his post on X, cited by the study data filled with networking.

“To the left is whipped into a rigid insane.

Alex Miller and Elizabeth Elcind Fox News Digital and Elizabeth contributed to this report.