A republic lives and dies on words.

The day we trade arguments for bullets, we stop being a free people. Charlie Kirk was murdered, prosecutors alleged in charging documents, for speaking his mind. And whether you agreed with him or not, that should chill every single American.

Political violence may be as old as politics itself, but every time it surfaces it leaves a foul taste. It weakens the fabric of our common life and cheapens us as a people. It says force matters more than persuasion. It says families can lose a loved one in an instant. It tells our kids that debate is optional but destruction is always available. That is not the America I know, and it must not be the America we hand down.

Charlie Kirk was a man of words. He was fiery, sometimes brash and rarely quiet. But that i

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