Gov. Shapiro criticizes President Trump's political violence comments, calls for calm on both sides
The fatal shooting of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk is shedding light on political violence across the country.
President Donald Trump condemned political violence on Thursday. He listed attacks only on Republicans, but did not mention recent attacks on Democratic legislators in Minnesota or the attempt on the life of Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro.
Now, we're hearing from Governor Shapiro about the safety concerns among elected leaders.
"I think it is dangerous when the president cherry picks which political violence he's going to condemn and which he's going to allow to just simply pass. I think we need to be universal in condemning all political violence," Shapiro said.
Investigators still do not know the motive behind Kirk's killing, but that hasn't stopped people from expressing and debating their political views.
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Shapiro told ABC News' Linsey Davis that there should be calm on both sides.
"I think some of the rhetoric I've seen online is just dark and it is dangerous. The talk of revenge is only going to make us less safe. The talk of celebrating this man's death, no matter how profound a disagreement over a policy should be, he left behind a wife and two children. No one should be celebrating that. No one," Shapiro said.
Back in April, a man set fire to the Governor's mansion while Shapiro and his family were there celebrating Passover.
No one was seriously hurt but the suspect told police he intended to attack Shapiro with a hammer.
Two months later, two shootings in Minnesota, including the killing of a state lawmaker and her husband.
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And last year, two assassination attempts on President Trump.
Now, the killing of Kirk adding to the acts of political violence across the country.
"This violence is leaving scars. It's claiming lives," Gov. Shapiro said.
ABC News contributed to this report.
