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.
Utah governor says the motive in Kirk shooting is not yet certain but the suspect was on the left
https://apnews.com/article/charlie-kirk-cox-robinson-assassination-aef9fe8dc82d218a36d078536717d95d
17 Comments
Reverendender@sh.itjust.works · 43 pts · 329d
Obviously I only know what I’ve been reading in the news, but this sounds like a lot of lies? Can anyone who has done a deeper dive confirm or refute?
Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz · 61 pts · 329d
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de · 32 pts · 329d
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.
y0kai@anarchist.nexus · 4 pts · 329d
best take i've seen so far
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 329d
Never imagined anybody would write that to one of my comments.
Bonesince1997@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 329d
Sounds like it's a lot of say so from people around him, according to officials, but at the same time they show none of their work.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 329d
https://www.tiktok.com/@aidanetcetera/video/7549640789652032790
memfree@lemmy.ml · -1 pts · 329d
Per https://piefed.social/post/1262797 which links to Axios source:
curbstickle@anarchist.nexus · 7 pts · 329d
Which is an outright fabrication.
Based on using an anime filter once on, I believe, a single Snapchat pic.
Tyler Robinson = groyper.
sleet01@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 329d
Yeah, but they got that from like, Laura Loomer, who got it from "a source", that is to say, her own butt.
Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 22 pts · 329d
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 329d
He's not cooperating because he won't go with the narrative they are trying to paint.
devolution@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 329d
Conservatives are so desperate for something to support that they are not unhinged ignorant, children fucking wackos. And they keep failing.
Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 329d
Explain to me now like I'm five. The governor is now admitting Republicans are fascist because the bullets have anti fascist rhetoric.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 329d
Imma drop this here.
https://www.tiktok.com/@aidanetcetera/video/7549640789652032790
pupbiru@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 329d
the governor is saying that the shooter thinks republicans are fascists, and we can probably assume he means “the left” thinks republicans are fascists. i’d say beyond that isn’t anything we can infer from the statement alone
BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz · 14 pts · 329d
PLEASE I PRAY to GOD that he's a COMMUNIST!
-Pro Life Republicans!
AlexLost@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 329d
A lot of left leaning people follow right wing propagandists like groupies I guess?!
XeroxCool@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 329d
Wait, I was told the left only had weak, soft men that can't hold a gun. So now this guy is the poster child of what the left wants? I'm losing track of the mental gymnastics again