California Gov. Gavin Newsom made his first public remarks on camera Tuesday about Charlie Kirk since the conservative activist was assassinated.

The Democratic governor was at Florin High School in south Sacramento, talking about a mentorship program for men and boys and highlighting it as a way to combat what he called "an epidemic of loneliness."

Newsom connected that crisis to the fatal shooting of Kirk.

"You can never unsee what you saw," Newsom said. "I asked all these young men just a moment ago upstairs, I said, 'How many of you have heard of Charlie Kirk?' Every single one of them. [Then I asked,] 'How are you processing that?' They said, 'it's been difficult,' but it's universal condemnation."

On Monday, former Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger spoke about the c

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