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yellowcanine

(36,826 posts)
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 10:43 AM Sep 2025

Huh. Suddenly Trump is dropping the "Leftist conspiracy" talk. Funny how that works.

https://www.rawstory.com/charlie-kirk-2673989051/

President Donald Trump broke the news Friday that the suspected killer of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk had been apprehended after leading investigators on a manhunt lasting two days, and as of Friday morning, law enforcement has released some key details on the alleged assassin.

The suspected killer is 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, a resident of Utah, according to law enforcement sources who spoke with the New York Post.

Trump revealed that the suspect was identified after investigators received a tip from someone “who was very close to him.” He also suggested that the person who tipped off investigators was the suspect’s father, who he said was “involved with law enforcement” and “a person of faith, a minister,” and had turned the suspect over to a United States marshal.

Robinson was also a student at Utah State University, lived in a $600,000 six-bedroom home in Washington, Utah, and was taken into custody at around 11 p.m. Thursday night, according to "insiders" who spoke with the Daily Mail.

Trump went on to say he hoped Robinson received the death penalty, and when asked if he believed the assassination to be part of a broader plot, he indicated there was no evidence to suggest the suspect acted with others.

“Well you don’t know, I mean, you don’t know,” he said during an appearance Friday on Fox News.






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Ocelot II

(131,231 posts)
1. Kash Patel's FBI seems to have been about as useful as a chocolate teapot.
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 10:46 AM
Sep 2025

The perp's father turned him in. And so far it doesn't look like he was trans or BLM or Antifa or even a Democrat. Some faces might end up kind of eggy.

yellowcanine

(36,826 posts)
3. Trump et al. will just deny they ever blamed Democrats or Antifa or transgender people.
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 10:57 AM
Sep 2025

Yesterday's news, anyway.

nilram

(3,563 posts)
6. They came up with the photos that he was identified by
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 12:03 PM
Sep 2025

None of the work on the ground involved Patel.

Nixie

(18,109 posts)
4. They're combing through to find one kernel they can twist
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 11:02 AM
Sep 2025

and put on blast mode. Utah, conservative family, law enforcement, nothing supports the trans mass murderer narrative yet.

Heidi

(58,846 posts)
8. Waiting for the "mentally ill, misguided young man with so much potential" speech,
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 12:09 PM
Sep 2025

with not ONE WORD about their hateful complicity, chiefly THE GUNS. But hey—another round of thoughts and prayers for the house, right?

Torchlight

(7,059 posts)
9. His water carriers are gonna have a tough next few days
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 12:25 PM
Sep 2025

I think the sudden turn in the new narrative will be a vague, "this is bad. It's gonna get bad. Just wait and see!" followed quickly by "but i hope I'm wrong"

Doubt too many will buy it. Some might

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