The Premier Christianity news site reported on something that former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had said during an appearance on MSNBC’s Morning Joe programme, just two weeks after the assassination of evangelical leader Charlie Kirk.
What she suggested was that conservative “white” men who hold traditional values might be contributing to the US’s felt national division. “The idea that you could turn the clock back and try to recreate a world that never was, dominated by, let’s say it, white men of a certain persuasion, a certain religion, a certain ideology, is just doing such damage to what we should be aiming for,” she told hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski.
Charlie Kirk, a prominent conservative Christian figure, was killed on 10th September while speaking at a college event in southern Utah. Hillary Clinton’s comments came in response to a segment reflecting on US history and the nation’s ongoing struggle for equality.
While expressing her patriotism and respect for free speech, Clinton warned against what she sees as a regressive movement within “those on the right”. “Freedom of speech and the ability to protest”, she said, “is what makes us so special as a country.”
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