India, Sept. 17 -- Former President Barack Obama on Tuesday spoke to a gathering in Pennsylvania about political violence in the US, stating that the US is "at an inflection point."

He highlighted the recent killings of Charlie Kirk and the assaults on two Democratic politicians in Minnesota that resulted in the deaths of Melissa Hortman, the speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives, and her husband, as well as the serious injuries of another state representative and his spouse. He termed the both incidents as "horrific" and "a tragedy."

Political violence, according to Obama, "is not new" and "has happened at certain periods in" American history, but it is "anathema to what it means to be a democratic country."

Obama stated t...