Hillary Clinton said Thursday that she was horrified by the killing of U.K. lawmaker Jo Cox and called for Britain and the U.S. to “stand together against hatred and violence.”
Ms. Cox, a 41-year-old mother of two and a member of the opposition Labour Party, was shot and stabbed by an assailant outside a scheduled meeting with her constituents in Birstall, West Yorkshire.
A man was arrested nearby. An eyewitness told the BBC they heard the attacker shout “Put Britain first” at least twice before he was taken into custody.
Mrs. Clinton, the likely Democratic presidential nominee, said in a statement that she was “horrified by the assassination.” She said that by all accounts Ms. Cox was a “rising star”.
“Her maiden speech in Parliament celebrated the diversity of her beloved Yorkshire constituency, and passionately made the case that there is more that unites us than divides us. It is cruel and terrible that her life was cut short by a violent act of political intolerance,” said the former secretary of state.
“It is critical that the United States and Britain, two of the world’s oldest and greatest democracies, stand together against hatred and violence,” she said. “This is how we must honor Jo Cox — by rejecting bigotry in all its forms, and instead embracing, as she always did, everything that binds us together.”
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Mrs. Clinton said that her thoughts and prayers are with Ms. Cox’s friends, her family and the British people.
• S.A. Miller can be reached at smiller@washingtontimes.com.
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