Obama condemns 'horrific' Kirk shooting, but defends the right to criticize the founder of Turning Point USA
Former President Barack Obama has condemned what he called the “horrific” killing of Charlie Kirk, but says he was in broad disagreement with the founder of Turning Point USA — and Americans should be free to criticize his political views.
Obama, speaking at an event Tuesday in Pennsylvania, suggested that President Donald Trump and his allies are using the killing to heighten polarization by stifling debate about what Kirk advocated in his podcast and appearances on college campuses.
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“I didn't know Charlie Kirk. I was generally aware of some of his ideas. I think those ideas were wrong, but that doesn't negate the fact that what happened was a tragedy and that I mourn for him and his family,” Obama said at the Jefferson Educational Society in Erie.
“We can also, at the same time, say that I disagree with the idea that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a mistake,” he continued. “I can say that I disagree with the suggestion that my wife or Justice Jackson does not have adequate brain processing power. I can say that I disagree that Martin Luther King was awful.”
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