In the horrifying moments after Turning Point USA founder and conservative activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot, Larry Sabato said he was stunned to see comments on social media praising the act that took Kirk’s life.

Sabato took to his own X account to say, “Anyone who dares praise this despicable act should be shunned right off the political stage.”

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In an interview with WTOP, Sabato, the director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, said the U.S. is a particularly violent country when it comes to politics.

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