DENVER — The assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk comes during a deeply divided time in American politics.

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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis described what happened to Kirk as an "anti-American crime."

“I'm not somebody who agrees with a lot of what Charlie Kirk has to say,” Polis said. “He engages young people. He talks to people. There's people from the left, people from the right. This is what, at a very grassroots level, democracy means, and to have that shattered by this violent attack really strikes at a cord of that very American spirit that we're so proud of.”

MSU Denver professor Robert Preuhs, who chairs the political science department, said simple disagreements about political issues h

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