Kari Lake to Newsmax: Media Responsible for Rising Violence

Kari Lake, a senior adviser for the U.S. Agency for Global Media, told Newsmax on Sunday that she is “heartbroken” over the deadly church shooting and fire in Michigan earlier in the day, and she blamed a culture of media-driven hatred for fueling unrest across the country.

“I know that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is in mourning right now,” Lake said on Newsmax’s “Sunday Agenda.” “They lost their president, Russell Nelson, who passed away over the weekend. Many of the LDS churches are always full, but it was extra full today when this madman descended upon the church. And I’m just heartbroken for all of the victims and the families.”

Lake said the attack underscores how dangerous the atmosphere has become in the United States.

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