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Spencer Cox: “Social media has played a direct role in every single…”

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Utah Gov. Spencer Cox shares new details about Charlie Kirk shooting suspect: Full interview

Published | Video Starts at 06:01

Well, Governor, you referred to social media as a cancer on Friday. That's an incredibly strong word. Do you believe that social media played a direct role in this assassination? I believe that Social media has played a direct role in every single assassination and assassination attempt over the last five, six years. There is no question in my mind that cancer probably isn't a strong enough word. What we have done, especially to our kids. It took us a decade to realize how evil these algorithms are. (06:01–06:11)

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Asserts that social media has been involved in all assassination attempts in the past five to six years.

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