Sen. Schmitt to Newsmax: There’s ‘Real Sickness on the Left’

The assassination of conservative leader Charlie Kirk in Utah and the reaction of some people celebrating or justifying it has illustrated that there is a “real sickness on the left,” Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., told Newsmax on Tuesday.

Schmitt, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said on “National Report,” “When you see numbers like 25% of self-described very liberal citizens think political violence is justified to achieve political ends, that’s very troubling.”

“There’s a real sickness on the left here that has to be addressed. … We have to tell the truth about what’s going on,” he added.

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