{"id":433650,"date":"2025-09-18T12:56:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T12:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/433650\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T12:56:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T12:56:26","slug":"arnold-schwarzenegger-shares-honest-view-on-why-charlie-kirk-was-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/433650\/","title":{"rendered":"Arnold Schwarzenegger shares honest view on why Charlie Kirk was killed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arnold Schwarzenegger<\/a> has been praised for his eloquence after sharing an impassioned speech in the wake of Charlie Kirk<\/a>\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

The Hollywood star and former Republican<\/a> politician told students at the University of Southern California he was very upset that someone\u2019s life was taken because they have a different opinion.<\/p>\n

He attributed the blame for Kirk\u2019s death<\/a>, suspected to have been committed by Tyler Robinson<\/a>, to division caused by social media companies, mainstream media and both Democratic and Republican politicians.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re getting hit from so many different angles and we have to be very careful that we don\u2019t get any closer to the cliff because when you fall down that cliff, there is no democracy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He called upon students with differing political beliefs to unite and start communicating to show the world how \u201cpeople power\u201d can make a difference.<\/p>\n

\u201cImagine you get together and start having communications together, you will be an example to the rest of the nation, for all universities \u2013 how you get together, how you do not see the other side as the enemy or to fight fire with fire or to declare war on each other,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Schwarzenegger added: \u201cPeople power is the ultimate power \u2013 that\u2019s what democracy is all about. Not politician power \u2013 it\u2019s people power.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Arnold<\/p>\n

Arnold Schwarzenegger shared impassioned speech about Charlie Kirk at USC (X \/ Twitter)<\/p>\n

Fans have been quick to praise the Terminator<\/a> star for his measured response, with one writing: \u201cWell said Arnold. More discussion, less rage.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another added: \u201cWell stated… I\u2019m not the biggest Arnold fan (politics wise) either, but he\u2019s spot on with the problem and the solution!!!\u201d<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, another viewer stated: \u201cI couldn\u2019t agree more with Arnie. Social media can so easily warp the humanity out of your reality. Don\u2019t let it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kirk, the co-founder of the conservative youth movement Turning Point USA, was fatally shot while hosting an event at a Utah<\/a> college on 10 September, as he responded to a question about gun violence and mass shootings.<\/p>\n

Suspected gunman Robinson<\/a> has since been taken into custody on suspicion of capital murder, weapons and obstruction offences.<\/p>\n

\"Charlie<\/p>\n

Charlie Kirk was killed in Utah on 10 September (Getty Images)<\/p>\n

After Schwarzenegger shared his comments online, the actor wrote on his social media page: \u201cThere\u2019s something more important than my message in this video. It\u2019s what you don\u2019t hear. No heckling. No disrespect. No shouting.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cI know that social media shows us the worst of humanity, and a few people celebrating a death will get more attention than hundreds of respectful people. Don\u2019t let these companies and the rage influencers that profit from them convince you the worst of us are the most of us. They are a tiny minority that gets too much attention because anger makes you post, repost, and like.\u201d<\/p>\n

He praised the audience of almost 500 USC students for showing him no disrespect while he answered, stating: \u201cThat\u2019s how most of the real world outside of the internet is. If you find yourself falling for the anger, go out in the real world and make yourself human again.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arnold Schwarzenegger has been praised for his eloquence after sharing an impassioned speech in the wake of Charlie…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":433651,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[2779,4080,78524,77,147340,147339,147341,97310,144165,16,15,116838],"class_list":{"0":"post-433650","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-arnold-schwarzenegger","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-charlie-kirk","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-kirks-death","13":"tag-mainstream-media","14":"tag-republican-politicians","15":"tag-social-media-companies","16":"tag-tyler-robinson","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-university-of-southern-california"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115225413986895443","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}