political violence

National Unity Day is set for the second Saturday in December. On National Unity Day, people are urged to take a unity pledge, organize a neighborhood food drive, or even just wear something purple, a mix of red and blue.

The event was originally promised to be about tax cuts and economic policy, but Vance and other speakers strayed into other topics.

“Charlie was not killed for his extremism. He was killed because he was effective, persuasive and unafraid," said Jim Runestad, Michigan Republican Party chairman.

Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist is among the Michigan political figures who have been threatened following the murder of far-right political activist Charlie Kirk.

The Michigan House of Representatives adjourned early Wednesday afternoon after conservative commentator Charlie Kirk was shot in Utah.