Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) told 60 Minutes on Sunday that his mind cannot stop replaying the devastating viral clip of conservative activist Charlie Kirk being shot and killed at an event in his state earlier this month.
“I cant unsee it — I can’t stop seeing it. Every time I close my eyes, that’s what I see,” Cox said.
The Republican governor was the first guest interviewed by the CBS program, which started its 58th season on Sunday. Cox told correspondent Scott Pelley he felt “noxious” when he had to call President Donald Trump and deliver the news that Kirk — who had helped the president win the support of millions of young voters — had died.
He also said, a moment earlier, he is not interested in an overly sentimental embrace between Democrats and Republicans.
“I get accused on the right all the time of — I just want people to have a Kumbaya moment; I want people to hold hands and just hug it out,” Cox said. “And we’re done with that. We’re done holding hands and hugging it out. I’m not asking anybody to hold hands and hug it out. I’m not asking for that. I’m trying to get people to stop shooting each other. That’s it.”
Cox’s 60 Minutes interview comes a few weeks after Kirk was murdered at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10. The 31-year-old Kirk was hit by a single shot to the neck — some gruesome clips on X showed blood gushing from Kirk’s neck immediately after being hit — with his wife and two kids in attendance.
The reported details about Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old killer, point to him being left-leaning. Robinson reportedly had a romantic relationship with his trans roommate, used phrases associated with Antifa, and, in text messages that were released last week, said he shot Kirk because of the conservative influencer’s “hatred.”
Pelley on Sunday asked Cox, “Who do you blame for the division” that led to Kirk’s killing. Cox pointed to social media, saying:
“I do believe that social media is a cancer, and it is taking all of our worse impulses and putting them on steroids It is driving us to division, to hate. These algorithms that have captured our very souls, they’ve captured our free agency. These dopamine hits that get our young people — and our old people — addicted to outrage and hate. That serve us up on a regular basis… are absolutely leading us down a very dark path.”
You can watch part of his interview above, via CBS.
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