Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk will continue to impact the nation after his assassination on Wednesday, according to State Sen. Sam Givhan (R-Huntsville).
Givhan said during a Thursday appearance on Huntsville radio WVNN's "The Dale Jackson Show," "I had a lot of anger yesterday when I saw some of the things from people I know on social media."
"I was fuming," Givhan said.
The legislator explained to the host why he believes Kirk was shot and noted that 'lashing out' following the assassination is unnecessary.
"I think largely because of his political speech, he was assassinated," said Givhan. "Lashing out is not going to help. They need to be called out. Let's flip the shame on them. Maybe that's the answer. A one-word response we should give on social media. Shame. They like to try to do that to conservatives, but we've got to show grace in it. There's no reason to damage personal relationships over this. If we lash out, all we're going to do is drive a further wedge."
Givhan expressed a suggestion for Americans not to 'throw gasoline' on the situation.
"Maybe they're irredeemable. I'm not talking about with Jesus. I'm talking about with the political and public discourse decency model. I don't think that's what Charlie would want. If you look at his dialogues with different people, it was, 'Let's have a conversation.'"
Kirk, according to Givhan, will likely be even more impactful on the country in death.
"I tell you, I do think that this is going to embolden people. I'm not talking about on the left, more assassins, but I think it's going to embolden a lot of young people," he said. "I think they may have made a mistake here. I say they. I don't know how widespread it is, but they wanted to silence him because they couldn't debate him. They may have just unleashed him."
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