WASHINGTON (AP) — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said Sunday that investigators are not ready to discuss the motive behind the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. But he said the suspect had left-leaning political beliefs, disliked the conservative influencer and is being uncooperative in custody.
Cox said Tyler Robinson, 22, is “not cooperating” and that friends paint a picture of someone radicalized in the dark corners of the internet. “Clearly there was a lot of gaming going on,” Cox said on NBC. “Friends have confirmed that there was kind of that deep, dark internet, the Reddit culture, and these other dark places of the internet where this person was going deep.”
A Republican who has called on all partisans to tone down their rhetoric following the attack, the governor added: “I really don’t have a dog in this fight. If this was a radicalized MAGA person, I’d be saying that as well.”
The governor said the suspect’s partner was transgender, which some politicians have pointed to as a sign Robinson was targeting Kirk for his anti-trans views. But authorities have not said whether it is relevant as they investigate Robinson’s motive.
Honestly it’s just too muddy with details to even make an educated guess either way. Perhaps the kid himself doesn’t even know.
What I’ve found is that his family we republicans maybe even Maga. Mormon church goers. The kid himself hasn’t voted in the last few elections so seems he wasn’t party affiliated.
Now he did kill a right winger and my first thought was oh man this isn’t good for us if someone in the left.
Seems the kid was terminally online and into obscure meme culture. My theory is either a different kind of right winger that didn’t like Kirk or someone who was in the middle and just saw both sides as divisive. Or that he rebelled against his parents and went more left recently. So basically I’ve no clue and anybody that claims to know is not being truthful right now and we should wait for more evidence or for the kid himself to speak up. Otherwise we are I just as bad as those on the other side.
best take i've seen so far
Never imagined anybody would write that to one of my comments.