A prominent liberal analyst slammed Utah Republican Gov. Spencer Cox's press conference on Sunday, updating the public about the investigation into conservative activist Charlie Kirk's murder last week.

Sam Seder, co-host of "The Majority Report," responded to some of the claims Cox made during his press conference on a new episode of the podcast. He took issue with Cox claiming that the alleged shooter had a left-wing political ideology and the governor's discussion of engravings found on the shell casings.

"Spencer Cox wanted to end speculation about what was on the shell casings, and so he reads off what was on there, which of course is nothing but an accelerant and fuel on a speculative fire," Seder said. "If you genuinely wanted to inhibit speculation, you wouldn't release this information right now."

"It's sort of fascinating because this was a very dog whistle-laden press conference... There is a politeness about Mormonism that he's got to appeal to," Seder said. "He also knows that he's being viewed nationally, and so he's got to come off like he's calling for national reconciliation, but he does specifically say he was proud of Utahans by dog whistling 'We didn't have any George Floyd protests here.'"

"He didn't say George Floyd, but he started going through a litany of things," Seder added.

The Republican Party may regret some of the efforts it undertook to install Trump-aligned officials, according to a new editorial.

The Wall Street Journal's conservative editorial board published a new op-ed on Sunday arguing that the GOP's acquiescence to President Donald Trump's "executive-power excesses" gives Democrats precedent to use the same tactics against them. It was published at a time when the Senate appeared poised to confirm White House aide Stephen Miran to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.

"A tragedy of the Trump years is the failure of Republicans to look beyond short-term tactical political calculations to the implications of their decisions for the long term," the editorial reads. "A progressive President will be able to point to Mr. Trump and Senate precedent if he tries to put a White House official on the Fed as Mr. Trump is now doing."

"The failure to resist Mr. Trump’s executive-power excesses today will hurt the GOP and the country in the future," it continues.

Miran may join the Federal Reserve at a time when Trump is seeking to exert control over the central bank. He has consistently attacked members like Chairman Jerome Powell and Governor Lisa Cook because they do not support lowering interest rates.

The WSJ editors argued that installing Miran would draw the central bank's independence into question. Miran has said he plans to keep his job in the White House while serving on the board.

"Everyone knows he will be speaking for, and answering to, the President," the editorial reads.

The editors also warned that the GOP's actions could harm the country.

"The GOP might regret the precedent the next time there’s a Democratic President," the op-ed reads in part. "Which there will be, maybe as soon as 2029."

Read the entire editorial by clicking here.

A former U.K. ambassador to the U.S. said on Sunday that Democrats could adopt some aspects of Trumpism after President Donald Trump leaves office.

Peter Westmacott, who was the U.K. ambassador to the U.S. from 2012 to 2016, discussed how Trump and his "America First" agenda have impacted American politics on Times Radio. Westmacott argued that future Democratic leaders could resemble some aspects of Trump because the "mood" in America has changed.

"Trump is part of a mood of at least half of America," Wesmacott said. "70 million people voted for him, and a number of the things that he is doing now, including on trade policy and protectionism and a little bit of that America First stuff, may well be continued by a Democratic successor if indeed there is one."

"In many ways, the mood in America has changed," he added. "It's not universally Trumpian at all. There's a great deal of despair and concern amongst people who are worried about what they see. But I think it is a different America now that we're having to deal with."