floor dispute in the U.S. House over Charlie Kirk\u2019s death marked the start of partisan clashes between Republicans and Democrats over responsibility for the nation\u2019s latest high-profile shooting. The debate intensified after former President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he \u201cdoesn\u2019t know\u201d what motivated Kirk\u2019s killer, a remark that quickly drew criticism from the right.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t yet know what motivated the person who shot and killed Charlie Kirk, but this kind of despicable violence has no place in our democracy,\u201d
\nObama wrote in<\/p>\n
a post on X. OutKick founder Clay Travis, speaking on Fox News, sharply criticized the former president, accusing him of fueling instability by reinforcing rhetoric that has portrayed Donald Trump and his supporters as Nazis and fascists for more than a decade. \u201cYou can\u2019t call the president of the United States Adolf Hitler for 10 years, and you can\u2019t say that he\u2019s a fascist dictator,\u201d Travis angrily responded to news of Obama\u2019s note.
\n\u201cYou cannot say that anyone who voted for Trump or advocated for him like you, me, Riley, and Charlie Kirk are Nazis, and then when someone tries to kill us, suddenly say, \u2018Oh, we condemn this violence.\u2019 You caused it!\u201d \u201cLook at me right now! You caused this! When you tell people that someone is Hitler, you are telling crazy people:<\/p>\n
Go kill them. And I am sick of pretending that is anything other than what they are doing,\u201d
\nTravis added. In 2016, Obama privately referred to Trump as a \u201cfascist\u201d during a phone call with Tim Kaine, who was Hillary Clinton\u2019s running mate, NBC News previously reported. During an event with Kaine, Clinton expressed her agreement with Obama\u2019s sentiment, stating that they must do everything possible to \u201ckeep a fascist out of the White House.\u201d Travis then pointed to the arrest of Ryan Wesley Routh, the 58-year-old would-be assassin who told authorities he tried to kill Trump in West Palm Beach because he equated him with Hitler. \u201cThis is what they do. This left-wing violence, it\u2019s out of control, and Charlie Kirk bore the brunt of that left-wing violence,\u201d he said. PLAY:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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