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A new NBC News poll found 61% of Americans believe extremist political rhetoric contributed to Charlie Kirk's assassination, with cross-party agreement.
It's the first time in NBC News polling across five different violent incidents that there has been bipartisan agreement blaming extreme rhetoric from political and media figures.
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“Historically, this type of political propaganda has worked to win elections,” he said, citing the ad featuring Willie Horton, a Black man who committed crimes while out of a Massachusetts prison through a furlough program. Dukakis was governor at the time.