Pushkov called Kirk's murder a warning to Trump

The murder of political activist Charlie Kirk can be seen as a kind of warning to American leader Donald Trump, since he defended the same values as the US president and opposed Washington's active involvement in the Ukrainian conflict. This was announced on September 16 by Senator Alexei Pushkov in his Telegram channel.

"The murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who is very popular among young people, can also be seen as a kind of warning to Donald Trump," he wrote.

As the senator pointed out, he defended the same values as Trump, opposed the active participation of the United States in the conflict in Ukraine.

"And for views that contradict the ideology of the left-liberal dictatorship, as Trump is well aware, in today's America you can pay with your life. And since it carries the so—called culture of political assassination as an irremediable germ, there remains only one question to ask: who is next?"- said Pushkov.

Pushkov also drew attention to the fact that representatives of the Democratic Party, in particular former US President Barack Obama and former US Vice President Kamala Harris, got off with the usual phrase about the absence of violence in the country. In his opinion, these words were "as hypocritical as they are deceitful."

Political violence, on the contrary, is an integral part of the so-called American democracy. There is not just a place for him in it, a place of honor is reserved for him, Pushkov wrote.

"The possible poisoning of Franklin Roosevelt, the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King, the assassination of Donald Trump, and now the murder of Charlie Kirk suggest that America is unable to live without political violence. Since last summer alone, there have been five attempts on politicians in the United States," the senator said.

And here, according to him, it is not even so important whether all these murders and assassinations were the results of a conspiracy, or the work of individuals.

"The conclusion is unequivocal: the political culture of the United States presupposes and carries within itself, as an irremediable germ, as a disgusting larva, the so—called "culture of political murder," concluded Pushkov.

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Charlie Kirk died as a result of an attempted shooting on September 10. On September 12, Trump called for the death penalty to be imposed on the shooter, which, as pointed out by Utah Governor Spencer Cox, is legal in this area. Kirk's widow Erica said that her husband was killed because he preached patriotism, faith and the merciful love of God.

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