JB Pritzker condemns political violence after Charlie Kirk’s death, says Trump’s rhetoric ‘often foments it’

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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a Democrat, on Wednesday condemned political acts of violence in the wake of the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, although the governor argued that President Donald Trump often ignites political violence.

Kirk, the 31-year-old co-founder of Turning Point USA, was shot and killed during an event on the campus of Utah Valley University on Wednesday afternoon. He was transported to a hospital in critical condition before he was later pronounced dead.

“I want to express my sympathy to Charlie Kirk’s family and to Charlie Kirk,” Pritzker told reporters. “I don’t know whether it’s political violence because I don’t know who did it … But I will say that political violence unfortunately has been ratcheti