Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) gave an impassioned speech Friday about the rise of political violence, urging in an emotional appeal for Americans to reject villainizing the other side of the aisle. “I don’t want to get too preachy,

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In his life’s work, Charlie Kirk, the rising star in conservative politics, did not give me, or millions of Americans like me in the political center or left, a great deal of optimism about the direction of our nation’s partisan politics.

Tyler Robinson, 22, was arrested Thursday night by authorities 250 miles away from the Utah Valley University campus where Kirk was fatally shot during Sept. 10 speaking engagement. Robinson is not registered with any political party.

Republican Utah Gov. Spencer Cox’s plea for people to stop turning Charlie Kirk’s assassination into a political food fight appear to have fallen on deaf ears among many on the right.

In the past five years alone, public figures across the ideological spectrum have been targeted. America has seen eras of political violence before.

We look at the political fallout of Charlie Kirk's assassination, as well as the possibility of a government shutdown as Congress considers President Trump's budget.