‘The View’ Cohosts Condemn Charlie Kirk Killing: ‘This Is Not the Way We Do It’ (VIDEO)

On Thursday’s (September 11) new live edition of The View, the cohosts of the talk show kicked things off by echoing the chorus of people across America who condemned political violence after the shooting death of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.

After reviewing interview samples of political figures from both sides of the aisle calling for an end to political violence, Whoopi Goldberg said, “Isn’t a fundamental part of being an American, that we are able to express our opinions to each other without fear, without this kind of horror happening? And it seems to be something we have been seeing more and more of, and it not even left or right. It’s just people being taken out because of their beliefs, their thoughts.”

She then invited Alyssa Farah Griffin, the resident conservative voice of the panel to speak on the matter. “I didn’t know him well, but I’ve known him over the years, and today, my heart just breaks for his young wife, Erika, their two kids,” she said. “Listen, regardless of your politics, we have 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.” She went on to praise Kirk for giving a platform to young Republican on college campuses across the country and added, “I hope it doesn’t have a chilling effect, whether you’re left or right, on your ability to speak your mind. I know the one thing we all agree about on this table. We all share our viewpoint, and we should be able to do that without fear.”

“Well, that’s our bread and butter here,” Joy Behar. “So of course, it’s very important. I agree with everything you just said.”

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“Also, although we don’t all agree with his views, what I deeply aligned with was he said, ‘When we stop talking, that’s when things get bad,'” Sara Haines then said. “The irony of a man who would go across the country to college campuses — that’s the pinnacle of thought differences. It’s where you’re supposed to have conversations. He would go, and his series was called ‘Prove Me Wrong.’ He would talk to people, ultimately, who disagreed with… This is what we need more of. So the irony of being violently killed while saying those words of what we need more. I know all of us agree on that part, and there’s never a place for political violence.”

“That’s the thing. This man was 31 years old, with two children, I think ages one and three, a family man, a wife. Now all these children will grow up without their father. This woman will grow old without her husband. I just this country. There’s just no place for this kind of violence in this country. I am heartbroken over it,” Sunny Hostin added. “I cannot 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.”

Behar then added that she felt the atmosphere for the moment was familiar to her own youth. “This particular political climate that we’re in is not unfamiliar to me… In 1963, Medgar Evers was assassinated. In 1963, JFK was assassinated. In 1965, Malcolm X was assassinated. In 1968, Martin Luther King was assassinated. And in 1968, Robert Kennedy was assassinated. And we lived through all of that. It was a turbulent time,” she remembered. “I was very young. I think it’s one of the reasons I got married so young, to say the truth, it was such a scary time. You kind of clung to each other. And I’d like to be positive about it. I think we did get out of it, survived it got better. I think we will again. We’re having a traumatic period right now.”

Goldberg then referred to the previous assassination attempts on Donald Trump (whose name she used, rather than her usual “You Know Who” nickname) and Nancy Pelosi‘s husband, and said, “This is not the way we do it. It’s just this is not the way we do it…. And I hope that young Republicans never forget that they have a voice. It’s already been proved. They have a voice. We all have voices. We should never, ever be afraid. ”

Watch the full segment below.

‘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 against the violence and urge Americans to come together. pic.twitter.com/XTag6GTn2o

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