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Spencer Cox: “We had an attempted assassination on the governor of…”

Featuring: Spencer Cox, Republican | Governor of Utah

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After Charlie Kirk assassination, Utah Gov. Cox urges U.S. away from division, violence | 60 Minutes

Published | Video Starts at 04:08

But when he searched for meaning, he recalled the suffering of both parties. Our nation is broken. We've had political assassinations recently. In Minnesota. We had an attempted assassination on the governor of Pennsylvania, and we had an attempted assassination on a presidential candidate and former President of the United States and now current president of the United States. Nothing I say can unite us as a country. Nothing I can say right now can fix what is broken. (04:08–04:26)

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