How do we talk about Charlie Kirk?

How did you respond to the assassination of Charlie Kirk? Many mourned or called for revenge. Others pointed to Kirk’s extreme, bigoted statements as justification. But how do those reactions impact how the American public will metabolize another instance of gun violence?

Brittany is joined by Abené Clayton, a gun violence reporter for The Guardian, to get into how Kirk’s assassination fits into the broader narrative of political violence and how Kirk’s own statements about guns will shape the coming political discourse.

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