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Cavalier Johnson: “Those things are tragic and they should not happen in the…”

Featuring: Cavalier Johnson, Democratic | Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson's Reaction to Charlie Kirk's Assassination & Gun Violence

Published | Video Starts at 04:04

What happened to Charlie, what happened to Donald Trump, what happened to the kids in Colorado the other day, what happened to kids in Madison just a few weeks ago or a few months ago. Those things are tragic and they should not happen in the United States just like they don't happen in other developed countries around the world. We can solve this. I think we have to remember in this country, right, the old saying, e pluribus unum, out of many 1. It's our diversity that is our strength. (04:04–04:12)

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Asserts that gun violence incidents should not occur in the U.S. as they do not in other developed countries.

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