The governor of the Republican party takes a completely different tone from Trump after Charlie Kirk

The Governor of Utah, Spencer Cox (R), sought on Friday to reduce the temperature after the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, issuing a sincere plea for calm and unity, a message that was contrast with that of President Donald Trump.

“We need more moral clarity at this time,” Cox said at a press conference. “I listen to all the time that ‘words are violence’. Words are not violence.

“We can return violence with violence, we can return hatred with hate,” he added. “That is the problem with political violence. It is metastasis. We can always point out the finger on the other side. At some point, we have to find a ramp outside the ramp, or otherwise it will get worse a lot.”

Cox’s comments occurred as a breath of fresh air amid the horrible 31 -year -old Kirk shooting at the beginning of this week on a university campus in Utah. They also clearly contrasted with the comments made by the president of the United States, who shrugged about a question about “fixing the country” when asked the earliest Friday about the radicals to the right.

“I will tell you something that will put me in trouble, but I couldn’t matter less,” Trump said in an interview in News. “Radicals are often often radical because they don’t want to see crime. The radicals to the left are the problem.”

Via News

While Trump condemned political violence following the shooting, he did not recognize or recognize the recent threats and violent attacks against the Democrats, including two state legislators of Minnesota and their spouses that were fired in their homes earlier this year, and the fire caused in the home of the governor of Pennsylvania Josh Shapiro, the crimes of which they were put note of which note.

On Thursday, before a suspect was stopped in Utah’s shooting and a reason would have been established, Trump said: “We just have to overcome the hell” of “radical left lunatics.” However, he went to his followers to follow a non -violent path. “[Kirk] He was a non -violence defender, “Trump said.” That is the way I would like to see people respond. “

Cox, a moderate Republican, has previously urged Trump to spend more time trying to build a common land with his political opponents, with little effect. The president often launches wild attacks against democrats on social networks and shares conspiracy theories that are not based on the truth.

In his comments at Friday’s press conference, the governor urged the public to stay out of social networks, which he called a “cancer”, and lamented the fact that violent acts such as the horrible Kirk shooting can be seen in video clips that have widely proliferated online.

“We are not connected as human beings, biologically, historically, we have not evolved in a way that we are able to process [that] Violent images, “said Cox.” This is not good for us. It is not good to consume. Social networks are cancer. And I would urge people to close, go out and touch the grass. “

“The story will dictate whether this is a turning point for our country, but each of us can choose at this time,” he added. “If this is a turning point for us, we can make decisions. We have our agency.”