After Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill expressed extreme concern for the state of political discourse in the country.

As the nation grapples with the assassination of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, two candidates are vying for a legislative seat left open by another political attack in Minnesota.

Colleges are often the setting, and the target, of the nation’s most heated politics. Charlie Kirk’s work on campuses was one factor.

The assassination of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk marks a watershed moment in a surge of U.S. political violence, one that some experts fear will inflame an already-fractured country and inspire more unrest.

Proof that things are not going well was that a former Buckingham Palace staffer said the two “spent no time at all together privately one-on-one when William and Kate were in Balmoral.” Instead, reportedly, King Charles stayed at his “private home” as the rest of his family spent time together.