Tyler Robinson is quoted talking to his partner about having enough of the far-right activist’s ‘hatred’ in texts
Evidence put forth by Utah prosecutors Tuesday offered the clearest indication yet of what motivated Tyler Robinson who they suspect killed the far-right provocateur Charlie Kirk.
In seized texts reproduced by prosecutors as they charged the 22-year-old with capital murder and other crimes after his arrest, Robinson is quoted talking to his partner – whom they described as “transitioning genders” – about having had enough of Kirk’s “hatred”.
“Some hate can’t be negotiated out,” Robinson said to his partner of Kirk, who was killed during an event at Utah Valley University (UVU) within moments of asserting that “too many” people who are trans had committed mass shootings in the US. In reality, according to the non-partisan Gun Violence Archive, only about 0.1% of such shootings over the previous decade had allegedly been carried out by people who are trans.
Prosecutors allege that, after Robinson’s arrest in Kirk’s killing, his mother told investigators that her son had spent the previous year or so becoming “more political and had started to lean more to the left – becoming more pro-gay and trans rights oriented”.
