Gov. Spencer Cox of Utah has called for politicians to tone down their rhetoric and “disagree better.” The assassination of Charlie Kirk is testing the limits of that high-minded approach.

While speaking about Kirk’s killing on Wednesday, Cox made another plea. He urged Utahns and Americans to look at the bigger picture of increased political violence happening across the country — and also look inward. “Our nation is broken,” he said.

Vice President JD Vance will travel to Utah before flying Charlie Kirk's casket and family to Arizona on Air Force Two.