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Cowlitz County commissioners, residents address killing of Charlie Kirk; raise concerns about rhetoric, social media and student safety
Summary
Commissioners and members of the public used a minute of privilege at the Tuesday meeting to react to the killing of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, expressing concern about violent rhetoric, social-media influences and student mental health; no formal county action was taken.
COWLITZ COUNTY, Wash. — Commissioners and several members of the public at Tuesday’s Cowlitz County Board of Commissioners meeting spoke at length about the killing of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk and broader concerns about violent rhetoric, social media and student safety.
"He was killed for espousing those principles or having those debates with college kids," Commissioner 1, a Cowlitz County commissioner, said in remarks that tied the killing to debate over political and religious beliefs. "It's sick and it's twisted, and I don't get it."
Commissioner 4 also addressed those gathered: "Charlie Kirk was somebody who lived and breathed American principles through and through ... He was a…
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