Capehart: ‘I Am Very Concerned’ About What the Reaction to Charlie Kirk’s Assassination Will Be

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CAPEHART: “The video that a lot of people got to see, whether they wanted to or not, makes this unlike anything we have seen in a long time. But I remember being on set of an MSNBC show in December of 2012? What I’m thinking of, of Sandy Hook, and what was so jarring about Sandy Hook was that we saw a story of not just a school shooting, but a school shooting in an elementary school with little — with young children. We all thought as a nation that this is the moment that something will happen on this particular issue, gun violence, and yet nothing happened, nothing’s changed. And here we are yet again in a situation where we’re talking about an incident of gun violence. But because of who the victim was, just in terms of our politics, but also who he was in terms of the president and this administration, this is one thing that I have to factor in to my thinking about all this when I look at the reaction from the president and his administration, that this just — this wasn’t just the murder of someone who was a like-minded person. This was family to them. And I try to keep that in mind as I watch the reaction. But I have to tell you, I am very concerned about what that reaction is going to be in the days and weeks and months ahead.”

(via RealClearPolitics)