Representative Zinke urges political dialogue without violence after the murder of Charlie Kirk

Representative Ryan Zinke, R-Mont., Said the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk was a “moment in the watershed”, stressing that the Americans should be able to have political disagreements without engaging in violence.

Zinke made these comments on Friday during an appearance in the newsnation program “The Hill”, when he cited the previous remarks of the Governor of Utah Spencer Cox while he expressed the disappointment that the differences in political points of view led to violent attacks.

“We have to watch and think,” Zinke said on Friday. “It is, you know, as the governor pointed out, a moment of the watershed. So, the moment of the watershed depends on what this country does.”

“Are we going to continue this?” The Congress member continued. “Are we going to continue not to have a dialogue and speak to your neighbor?”

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Representative Ryan Zinke, R-Mont., Said that the death man’s death of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk was a “moment in the watershed”. (Drew Angerer / Getty Images)

Kirk, the 31-year-old co-founder of Turning Point USA, was murdered by a shooter on the University of Utah Valley campus on Wednesday afternoon. He was transported to a hospital in critical condition before he was said later dead.

The alleged shooter was identified as Tyler Robinson, 22, whose family persuaded him to surrender after a man hunt for several days.

On Friday, during a press conference, Cox called for civility and people on both sides of the political aisle to defuse and move away from political frustrations and to “choose a different path”.

“This is our moment: we degenerate or find a ramp out of ramp? It is a choice,” he said Cox.

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The Arizonans cry the founder of Turning Point USA, Charlie Kirk, outside the registered office of Turning Point USA in Phoenix. (Getty Images)

“In the last 48 hours, I have been as angry as never, as sad as I have never been … And as anger pushed me at the edge, it is in fact the words of Charlie who pushed me back. Charlie said:” When people stop talking, it is then that you get violence “, added Cox.

Zinke also urged people to engage in a political dialogue without turning to violence. He also said that the statements he had seen on “discouraging” social networks after recent cases of political violence this year.

“You see, you know, an assassination attempt,” Zinke said on Friday. “You see a political assassination in Minnesota. You see one with Charlie Kirk. You know a father. You know a great patriot, a loving husband. You know, murdered. And ironically, his assassination was on his message, who was:” Let’s have a dialogue. Let’s talk. “”

“In our country, strength is that, you know, we may agree or disagree, but the disagreement should never lead to violence,” he continued.

Charlie Kirk speaks at Utah Valley University on Wednesday in Orem, Utah. (Trent Nelson / The Salt Lake Tribune / Getty Images)

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Zinke referred to an incident in June for which Vance Boelter was accused of having killed the former president of the Minnesota Chamber, Melissa Hortman, Democrat, her husband, Mark and their dog at their home in Minneapolis.

Boelter was also responsible for Pulling the senator from the minnesota state, John Hoffman, As a democrat, and his wife, Yvette, and for trying to shoot their daughter, Hope.

In recent years, other acts of political violence include President Donald Trump surviving the assassination attempts and Paul Pelosi, the husband of representative Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Attacked with a hammer in 2022.

The Zinke office did not immediately respond to the request for comments from Fox News Digital.