Alyssa Farah Griffin ‘Not Optimistic’ Spencer Cox’s Calm Will Drown Out Trump’s Rhetoric on Charlie Kirk Shooting

Whoopi Goldberg asked the co-hosts of The View Monday whose message will make “more of a dent” when it comes to the future of American politics — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R), who’s calling for the nation to bring down the temperature over the Charlie Kirk murder, or President Donald Trump, who’s outright blaming the “radical left.”

“I would hope that Gov. Spencer Cox of Utah is the voice that wins out at the end of the day,” said Alyssa Farah Griffin, who worked for the first Trump administration. “I don’t know that I’m optimistic, but I think he’s largely been pitch-perfect in this.

“And I’m still remembering, there is a 31-year-old man, who I didn’t necessarily agree with on many things, but who’s dead today and whose wife doesn’t have him, and kids will be raised without him, because he was in the public space, the man in the arena, standing up for talking about what he believed in — and that is such a fundamentally American right we all have,” observed riffing

She continued:

But I want to push back on this notion — when this happened, all I thought was, “I hope we get the perpetrator and can this please stop happening in our country?” In this rush that people have to point and say, “Well, it’s the left or it’s the right, and it’s only one side.” It’s not true, guys. I remember — and no one at this table said that — I remember where I was during the Steve Scalise shooting, I was working on Capitol Hill, several of my bosses were there. We didn’t know if they were okay for hours.

And then I remember where I was when Paul Pelosi was attacked, and when there were two attempts on Donald Trump’s life. There has been political violence — Josh Shapiro was attacked and the Minnesota lawmakers — against Democrats and against Republicans. And when we swear it’s just one side, we’re not being part of the solution.

I would rather never have a place in public life again and call the truth of what I see, which is that the rhetoric, the radicalization, the lonely places and deep, dangerous places people go on social media is driving people into the most dangerous corners and dangerous actions. It is bigger than politics, and if we don’t acknowledge that we’re contributing to the problem.

Watch the clip above via ABC’s The View.