The U.S. State Department will deny visas to individuals who are found to be celebrating the death of right-wing podcaster and activist Charlie Kirk, Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters on Tuesday.

Speaking from Israel on Tuesday, Sec. Rubio confirmed that the department would not issue visas to people who were "celebrating" the shooting death of Kirk.

If you’re a foreigner and you’re out there celebrating the assassination of someone who was speaking somewhere, I mean, we don’t want you in the country,” Sec. Rubio said.

“Why would we want to give a visa to someone who think it’s good that someone was murdered in the public square? That’s just common sense to me," he said.

Last week Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau ordered department officials to "take appropriate

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