Texts From Suspect in Charlie Kirk Shooting Offer Insight Into a Motive
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Texts from the suspect in the Charlie Kirk shooting reveal potential motives, sparking discussion on the incident.
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We have consensus now that Robinson's roommate was a "romantic partner"; this was clearly not a cisheteronormative relationship; citations from relatives that Robinson's political views had recently moved leftward and specifically oriented around LGBT (and whatever other letters you wish to append) rights; and Robinson saw Kirk as hateful.
The "groyper" narrative appears completely incompatible with the evidence.