Lawmakers Decry Online Extremism, Call for Unity After Activist’s Assassination
Lawmakers Decry Online Extremism, Call for Unity After Activist’s Assassination Following the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last week, lawmakers and officials are intensifying calls for national unity and condemning the internet’s role in fueling political extremism. Senator Chris Coons (D-Delaware) stated Sunday that the internet “is driving extremism in our country,” emphasizing that Kirk “should not have paid with his life for the opportunity to speak out.” Kirk was tragically shot and killed at Utah Valley University in…