Poll: Most Americans link 'extreme rhetoric' to Charlie Kirk's killing
A new poll has revealed that a majority of Americans believe "extreme political rhetoric" was a key factor behind the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
Perhaps, surprisingly, there was cross-party agreement on the matter as a majority of Republicans, Democrats and independents told NBC News in response to the survey that inflammatory language used by prominent political figures and the media was a decisive factor in the killing, rather than attributing it simply to the actions of a disturbed individual, News.Az reports.
The Turning Point USA founder, 31, was shot dead on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on September 10 while taking part in an outdoor debating session with students.
Kirk, a married father of two, was shot in the neck by an assassin’s bullet fired from a nearby rooftop and a suspect, Tyler Robinson, 22, was arrested following a manhunt.
He was subsequently charged with aggravated murder, one count of felony discharge of a firearm, two counts of obstruction of justice, two counts of witness tampering and one count of violence committed in the presence of a child. Utah state prosecutors have said they will seek the death penalty.
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