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Yup, just an excuse for many to be outraged. If the shooter was the most liberal dude on the planet, that's not a reason to go after anyone deemed ultra-liberal, whatever that means anymore. Biden/Kamala is as far left as a communist or social democrat to these kinds of people, but as we see, those 3 groups don't get along from a leftist perspective.
Plus the shooter was like 20 years old. How deep is your political ideology at 20? If his family is MAGA as nobody seems to dispute, he's been raised Republican more than he's had any chance to form any real opinions, so the excuse is really flimsy for either side to be placing much blame politically.
As unbiased as I can be, if you liked Kirk, it sucks that he was killed. But you know who did it, and you caught him and he admitted it. That's more closure than most people who have loved ones murdered get. He broke a law, murder, everyone seemingly agrees is a no-no. Punish the dude according to law, the end. Any more than that, and you're using it for your own selfish purposes.