Utah Governor Spencer Cox called social media “a cancer on society right now,” as he lamented the proliferation of graphic videos of Charlie Kirk ‘s assassination.

Speaking to reporters on Friday, Cox said, “If you look at true political assassinations in this country, of someone of this stature, this feels a lot like the late 60s. And having one so gruesomely displayed on camera in all of our hands and in all of our pockets. We are not wired as human beings, biologically. Historically, we have not evolved in a way that we are capable of processing those types of violent imagery.”

He also cited a video of the stabbing of a woman, a refugee from Ukraine, on Charlotte, NC public transit.

“This is not good for us. It is not good to consume. Social media is a cancer on our society rig

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