Leaders from across the political spectrum Thursday decried the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk even though they drew somewhat different lessons from the deadly attack on a Utah college campus.

Republicans led by President Trump denounced the Kirk killing as the latest example of political violence carried out by the left , seeking to immortalize Kirk as a martyr of the right-wing MAGA movement.

“Let me express the horror and grief so many Americans at the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk have felt. Charlie was a giant of his generation, a champion of liberty and an inspiration to millions and millions of people,” Trump said at a Pentagon event marking the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror atttacks.

Elon Musk, the right-wing billionaire, blamed the attack square

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