The assassination of Charlie Kirk marked another act of political violence in our nation’s history. Unfortunately, these acts seem to be coming far more frequently, with each one portraying our country in an increasingly poor light.

We’ve seen political violence before with the assassinations of presidents — Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley and Kennedy. Ronald Reagan was shot but survived, along with two attempts on President Donald Trump’s life. We’ve seen the shootings of Democratic Congresswoman Gabby Giffords and Republican Congressman Steve Scalise. More recently, we’ve seen the assault on Paul Pelosi in his California home; the killing of a Democratic state representative in Minnesota and her husband; the wounding of another Democratic Minnesota state senator and his wife; an arsonist se

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