“You mentioned that the proof suggests the shooter had a leftist ideology. I’ve watched the Trump administration within the days since saying that there’s a crackdown on what they name the unconventional left, with out defining it. That’s now crucial, that we shouldn’t be pondering of this because the act of 1 man. We needs to be pondering of it as the result of some broader community, tradition, ideology, that if that is to be a protected society must be repressed, suppressed, destroyed. What have you considered that?” “So I’ve clearly heard that. I’ve tried to watch out in a few methods. One, my political ideology and my religion teaches that each individual is liable for their very own actions, that we’ve got company and that it’s the best present that we’ve been given as human beings. And this individual made a really, very, very horrible choice. And as a society, we have to maintain that individual accountable to, once more, to the best extent of the legislation. And I at all times warning towards eradicating company from an individual, that this individual didn’t have a alternative, that this individual acted as a result of he had been acted upon. I believe that’s an enormous mistake. I believe that’s an intolerant ideology. And it’s one thing that I reject when the left does it and I reject when the proper does it. As to the radicalization piece, and once more, I do know that wasn’t outlined as radical left or no matter that’s. I believe we do want a deeper dive to grasp what’s radicalization and the way does radicalization occur. And are there issues we are able to do to stop that from occurring. And so that could be a worthy dialogue. However we’ve got to try this throughout the bonds of our Structure and throughout the bounds of the legislation. Look, I don’t get to talk for Charlie. I don’t and I don’t presume to —— I didn’t have a relationship like Vice President Vance or others. And so I simply —— I wish to be clear about that. However one of many issues I actually appreciated about Charlie was his protection of being prepared to point out up on campus and interact his protection of the founders’ imaginative and prescient for our nation, his protection of free speech.” “I’m going round universities and have difficult conversations. And I’m —— as a result of that’s what’s so vital to our nation, is to seek out our disagreements respectfully, as a result of when folks cease speaking, that’s when violence occurs.” “His phrases about if we cease speaking to one another, that’s when the violence begins.” “When folks cease speaking, that’s whenever you get violence. That’s when Civil Conflict occurs, since you begin to suppose the opposite facet is so evil they usually lose their humanity.” “I don’t suppose you can take away this, a radical ideology via simply pure repression or the means of presidency enforcement. I believe it’s going to take extra speech and extra daylight and extra disagreement, extra phrases and fewer violence. Now, once more, if there’s a manner to try this, I’m definitely open to understanding it. However I actually suppose that the reply to eliminating what bought us into this case isn’t extra of that, the kind of factor that these anarchists or evil folks have brewing of their souls.”
