John Schneider says that he’s putting together Charlie’s Voice, a musical tribute to the late Charlie Kirk.
The actor-singer, 65, revealed his plans a week after the the conservative commentator, 31, was tragically gunned down on a Utah college campus.
The New York-born entertainer told Fox News Digital that he thinks people on the right will be motivated to make a change following the fatal shooting of the political activist.
‘I think we’re gonna be louder and prouder,’ said Schneider, who played the role of Bo Duke on The Dukes of Hazzard during its six-year run.
Schneider, who appeared on Dancing with the Stars in 2018, said that people on the left who think Republicans will simply forget about the violent murder of Kirk will have another thing coming.
‘I think perhaps other people thought it would quiet people down, but I don’t think it’s going to,’ Schneider said of the September 10 killing on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.
The Dukes of Hazzard alum John Schneider, 65, says that he’s putting together Charlie’s Voice, a musical tribute to the late Charlie Kirk, who was killed last week at 31
He added: ‘I hate to think of Charlie as a martyr, but I’m afraid that’s what Charlie is now.’
Schneider said that he hoped that the assassination of Kirk ultimately marks the low point in political discourse between the left and right in the United States.
‘I hope, I pray, I do believe intellectually that this will bring people together to at least discuss their differences,’ Schneider said.
The actor said that ‘if we live in a world where a difference of opinion is a murderable offense, then this is not the United States of America.
‘It’s not the United States of America that my father fought for, my grandfather, it is not the United States of America of our forefathers… envisioned – so we have to get back to that.’
Schneider spoke about the legacy left behind by the Turning Point USA founder, saying it was ‘a terrible thing’ Kirk was ‘gonna be remembered for’ his murder; and that it was up to the young generation to keep the late activist’s dream alive.
‘What a terrible, terrible thing,’ Schneider said. ‘But we can’t, we can’t let it shut us up.
‘You know, if somebody out there thinks that they were gonna raise a generation of now 22-year-olds that will shut up conservative thought and conservative speech, they were wrong.’
Kirk was murdered on September 10 on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah
Schneider played the role of Bo Duke on The Dukes of Hazzard during its six-year run
Schneider spoke about the legacy left behind by the Turning Point USA founder, saying it was up to the young generation to keep the late activist’s dream alive
He added: That’s not gonna happen, nor should it – and it should also not shut up liberal speech.’
Schneider reminded viewers of what the First Amendment is, and why it’s essential to the country functioning properly.
‘We’re supposed to be free to think and speak about what we want, not hate speech – I get that,’ Schneider said. ‘But we’re supposed to be free to have a conversation like you and I are having.
‘And apparently, you can get a death sentence for that – that’s not America.’
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