Jesse McKinley and Madison Malone Kircher, The New York Times ; As Political Tension Soars, Some Rare Calls for Unity Emerge
"In the wake of the assassination of Charlie Kirk, and amid a torrent of angry and accusatory reactions, there were those seeking common ground.
Groups representing young Republicans and Democrats came together in at least two states to issue statements after the killing that condemned political violence and urged people to avoid hurtful dialogue about the assassination...
“I would beg you to look in the mirror and to see if you can find a better angel in there somewhere,” Mr. Cox said, adding: “We just need every single person in this country to think about where we are and where we want to be. To ask ourselves, ‘Is this — is this it?’
Such sentiments felt like something of an exception compared with the often heated discourse on social media, where there was a flurry of apocalyptic predictions about civil war, and posts from conservative figures like Elon Musk, who said on Wednesday afternoon — about an hour after the shooting — that “The Left is a party of murder.”"
