Obama spoke with broadcast journalist Steve Scully at the Jefferson Educational Society on September 16 in Erie, Pennsylvania, in the wake of the assassination of Kirk. A video stemming from the interview shows Obama responding directly to a heckler heard shouting pro-Palestine slogans off-camera.

Former President Barack Obama weighed in on ABC’s decision to pull Jimmy Kimmel from its schedule indefinitely, warning that the Trump administration has taken cancel culture to “a new and dangerous level.

Following the death of Charlie Kirk, former president Barack Obama spoke about political violence during a discussion at the Jefferson Educational Society's Global Summit, a nonprofit in Erie, Pa. While expressing his condolences to Kirk’s family,

Barack Obama believes the First Amendment is in jeopardy under Donald Trump's authoritarian-style rule amid the Jimmy Kimmel situation.

Barack Obama blasts ABC’s suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live, calling it Trump’s biggest attack on free speech after FCC threats.

Barack Obama insists the nation is at an “inflection point” following Charlie Kirk’s assassination by alleged shooter Tyler Robinson in his first public comments on the tragedy Tuesday.

The former president said the country is being divided by Donald Trump, who responded Wednesday by calling Obama “the architect of modern political division in America.”

"The test of whether you're really going to achieve peace is whether you abide by the rule of law," Leon Panetta told Newsweek.

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level," Obama warned.