Watching Whoopi Goldberg on The View after the assassination of Charlie Kirk was like watching the mainstream media finally feel the chill their rhetoric has been sending for years. Her voice, cautious and almost shaken, betrayed a recognition that political violence cuts through the comfortable distance many on the left thought they could maintain. The clip that Dave Rubin highlighted shows a moment of genuine fear on a stage usually lubricated by smug certainty.
Make no mistake: this was not a rumor or a manufactured outrage — Charlie Kirk was shot and killed while speaking at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025, an attack that stunned the nation and exposed how vulnerable public discourse has become. The brutal reality of that day has forced even television hosts to deliver solemn, sometimes trembling appeals for civility. Conservative Americans who warned about dehumanizing rhetoric now find their warnings painfully validated, and the country deserves honest accountability for how we got here.
Authorities quickly identified and arrested a suspect, charging 22-year-old Tyler Robinson with aggravated murder as prosecutors signaled they would seek the harshest penalties under the law. The facts of the case — the manhunt, the evidence presented, and the grave charges — are what they are, and conservatives are right to demand that justice proceed without political favoritism. This is not a moment for performative condolence from elites who cheered or minimized political violence in the past; it’s a moment for law and order.
On The View, Whoopi’s closing admonition that assassins “should always remember” that killing doesn’t silence ideas was heartfelt, but it also served as an uncomfortable mirror. Many in legacy media have spent years normalizing dehumanizing language toward conservatives, and now they are publicly alarmed when the worst-case scenario unfolds. If the left wants to preach about unity and nonviolence, they must start by cleaning their own house and stop providing moral cover for the mobs.
Dave Rubin’s reaction to the DM clip is exactly the kind of scrutiny Americans need — not to gloat, but to note the inconsistency. Rubin and other conservative commentators have been cataloging instances where prominent voices either stoked anger or refused to take responsibility; seeing a shaken Whoopi on air should prompt serious conversation about media accountability. Conservatives aren’t asking for censorship, we’re demanding consistent standards and consequences when public figures fan flames of hatred.
The fallout has already exposed double standards at the highest levels of entertainment and media. ABC’s brief suspension of Jimmy Kimmel and the affiliate preemptions that followed showed that the left’s cultural institutions can’t both stoke partisan fury and then pretend to be surprised when it blows back. If networks truly care about free speech and safety, they’ll stop weaponizing platforms for partisan gain and start enforcing rules evenly.
Patriots know this country can withstand hard arguments without tearing itself apart, but only if our leaders and our media stop treating opposing citizens as enemies to be dehumanized. Let Whoopi’s fear be a wake-up call: demand honesty from anchors, accountability from entertainers, and accountability from institutions that have long protected their own. We will not back down from free speech, and we will hold the powerful to the same standards they demand of everyone else.
