Eric Trump said the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk has awoken a “sleeping enemy” of mobilized young and older voters across the country.

In an appearance on Fox News’s Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo, Trump, a friend of Kirk, referenced the famous reported quote from a Japanese admiral after the attack on Pearl Harbor, “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.” Trump said the quote “rings true” to Kirk’s assassination and likened his death to a “hit on our country.”

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