Gov. JB Pritzker said political leaders — starting with President Donald Trump — need to do more to condemn political violence.

“He actively fans the flames of division, as he did on Friday, regularly advocates violence for political retribution, and in more than one case, declares we are at war, not with a foreign adversary, but with each other,” Pritzker said. “I don’t believe any of that.”

Pritzker’s critique of the president comes after the governor faced backlash last week for immediately tying conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination to Trump’s rhetoric.

Speaking at a news conference in Chicago on Monday, Pritzker again criticized Trump for not doing more to call for peace after Kirk’s murder and said his death highlights growing anxiety in America over political vio

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