California state Sen. Scott Wiener participates in the 54rd Annual San Francisco Pride Parade on June 30, 2024 in San Francisco, California. (Miikka Skaffari/Getty Images)
Last week, Wiener, a Democrat, recognized the need to denounce the assassination, but also asserted that the movement Kirk helped to construct had "brainwashed" people with "poison."
"Multiple things can be true: Political violence is toxic & Kirk’s assassination must be condemned. Kirk was exceptionally talented & helped build a movement. That movement brainwashed many young men with bigoted, violent poison. Condemn his murder, but do not lionize him," Wiener wrote in a September 11 post on X.
Charlie Kirk poses at The Cambridge Union on May 19, 2025 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. (Nordin Catic/Getty Images for The Cambridge Union)
The day prior, Wiener had said the slaying was "horrific" and advocated for "basic safeguards" for access to firearms.
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"Charlie Kirk’s murder is horrific. Political violence is never the answer. It takes lives & makes our political system toxic & dangerous. We need basic safeguards on accessing guns. No one should have to live in fear of being targeted with gun violence," Wiener wrote.
Alex Nitzberg is a writer for Fox News Digital.
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