Political activist Charlie Kirk was killed this past Wednesday while speaking at an event at Utah Valley University. People around the world reacted to the news, with political figures as well as celebrities sharing their thoughts. Whoopi Goldberg, movie star and co-host of the talk show The View, joined the discourse, addressing the incident along with the rest of the panel.
As reported by Variety, Goldberg started the Thursday edition of The View by sending a message to viewers. Visibly shaken, Goldberg said, “I don’t even know how to start this, because this is just beyond devastating. Our hearts, of course, go out to the family of Charlie Kirk, who was shot and killed yesterday on a college campus in Utah.” Goldberg continued:
“In the wake of his death, politicians from both sides of the aisle spoke out against the violence and urged Americans to come together. Isn’t a fundamental part of being an American that we’re able to express our opinions to each other without fear, without this kind of horror happening?
“It seems to be something we’ve been seeing more and more of. It’s not even left or right. It’s just people being taken out because of their beliefs or their thoughts.”
Goldberg’s Co-Hosts at ‘The View’ Weighed in on the Conversation
“This is just beyond devastating. Our hearts, of course, go out to the family of Charlie Kirk.”
‘The View’ co-hosts react to conservative activist Charlie Kirk being shot and killed on a college campus in Utah on Wednesday as politicians from both sides of the aisle speak out… pic.twitter.com/GTLG6hzAP7
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Kirk was a right-wing activist and controversial political figure behind the creation of conservative organization Turning Point USA. He was widely seen and heard online sharing his views on many subjects, including LGBTQ+ rights, civil rights, and gun control.
Goldberg’s co-host Alyssa Farah, who was part of Trump’s political team at the White House at one point in the past, talked about the incident and the public’s reaction:
“Regardless of your politics, we’ve got to get to a place in this country where we see people we disagree with not as our enemies, but as fellow Americans with different viewpoints that we are willing to engage. This is going to hit young Republicans really hard, because he made them feel like when they were the lone conservative voice on campus, one of the only Republicans, it was okay to speak up and say their viewpoints.”
Sunny Hostin continued: “I can’t believe that someone would kill another person because they were speaking their beliefs. This is antithetical to who we are as Americans. The First Amendment is the First Amendment for a reason. We should be able to voice whatever opinions we have.”
Goldberg ended the discussion, saying, “All the things we’ve seen — the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, the aggressiveness when they went after Paul Pelosi, the couple in Minnesota, this is not the way we do it. We say this every time, but, somehow, it’s not resonating… We all have voices. We should never ever be afraid. It’s beyond, beyond.”
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