Whoopi Goldberg started Thursday’s episode of “The View” by calling the shooting death of Charlie Kirk “beyond devastating.” The conservative activist, Donald Trump ally and Turning Point USA co-founder died on Wednesday at 31 years old after being shot in the neck at a college event in Utah.

The View struck a somber tone today when moderator Whoopi Goldberg and her co-panelists decried the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk Wednesday. “I don’t even know how to start this,” Goldberg said at the top of the ABC daytime talk show,

Whoopi Goldberg condemns political violence and weighs in on Charlie Kirk's death, while sharing concern over the state of free speech.

Charlie Kirk was considered a huge star on the far right by many conservative pundits and seen as leading the next generation of Trump's MAGA movement.

Law enforcement officials are set to brief the press at 6 p.m. Eastern after Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at Utah Valley University on Wednesday.

Whoopi Goldberg cut off a heated debate on The View over Charlie Sheen's past, talking about her own experience with addiction