Charlie Kirk, a prominent conservative spokesperson and organizer, died on Wednesday after being shot by a suspected sniper while speaking at Utah Valley University. He was 31.

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Authorities are still searching for the shooter, and the suspect’s identity and motive remain unconfirmed. Despite this, numerous conservatives have started pointing the blame at Democrats.

There’s Elon Musk, who said in a viral tweet quickly after the shooting, “The Left is the party of murder.”

Then, there’s prominent right-wing influencer Laura Loomer, who called for the Trump admin to “shut down, defund, & prosecute every single Leftist organization.”

And in a statement from the Oval Office, Donald Trump furthered the sentiment, pointing blame toward “the media” and the “radical left.”

“For years, those on the radical left have compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to Nazis and the world’s worst mass murderers and criminals,” he said. “This kind of rhetoric is directly responsible for the terrorism that we’re seeing in our country today.”

Hours after the shooting, CNN asked Sen. Elizabeth Warren about calls for Democrats to “lower the temperature” in their rhetoric.

“Oh, please,” she began.

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“Right, why don’t you start with the president of the United States?” she asked.

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“Right? And every ugly meme he has posted and every ugly word.”

The exchange quickly went viral. Some agreed with Warren’s pushback: “To Warren’s point, Donald Trump has spent the past ten years, fomenting, condoning, inciting and ‘pardoning’ political violence,” one wrote. ” … it takes a special kind of both sides-ism or collective amnesia to ignore that singular political reality.”

Others struck a different note. When asked about Warren’s remarks on CNN, Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly said, “I would say everybody needs to lower the temperature. You know, I’ve heard things said by my Democratic colleagues that are not helpful. I’ve heard things said by my Republican colleagues. And I think it’s important for people to understand, especially when they are in leadership positions, that your words have consequences.”

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On X, Warren wrote, “This shooting is nothing short of horrific. I’m praying for Charlie Kirk and thinking of the students at the event in Utah. Political violence has no place in our country — it’s never ok.”