1. United States
2. Ohio
3. Letter

In the aftermath of the shooting that claimed conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s life, Donald Trump had an opportunity to deliver a unifying message. The president let that opportunity pass him by, choosing instead to deliver deliberately divisive remarks from the Oval Office last week in which he pointed fingers and blamed the “radical left” for Kirk’s death before a suspect was even in custody. Looking ahead, the Republican also vowed that his administration “will find each and every one of those who contributed to this atrocity, and to other political violence, including the organizations that fund it and support it.” The scripted comments suggested that Trump is eager to exploit Kirk’s death to use the power of the state to go after his political opponents. Trump has already weaponized so many major federal agencies and looks to be trying to amp up the division and unwarranted attacks. Anyone paying attention already knows Trump divides us more than any other president. The hateful rhetoric from the right that he AND YOU normalize is that caused Charlie Kirk's death. Hopefully, you can change this because we know Trump won't.