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regnaD kciN

(27,703 posts)
2. But the suspect spent one semester at Utah State University...
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 06:28 PM
Sep 2025

...so, obviously, he was indoctrinated into becoming a leftist!

EnergizedLib

(3,153 posts)
4. If he was indoctrinated there
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 06:36 PM
Sep 2025

Wouldn’t he have, I don’t know, stayed there, instead of going into an electrical apprenticeship?

hardluck

(792 posts)
5. We should all probably just see what comes out over the next few days before assigning which "side" this guy is one
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 06:39 PM
Sep 2025

Here's what that famously right-wing rag The Guardian is reporting:

Suspect's high school classmate says Robinson was the only 'leftist' in a family of 'very hard' Republicans

Anna Betts
In a phone interview on Friday, someone who said they were friends with Robinson in high school, who wanted to remain anonymous, said that the suspect was “pretty left on everything” and was “the only member of his family that was really leftist”.

“The rest of his family was very hard Republican,” the friend said.

Around sophomore year, the friend said, Robinson became more extreme in his political views and would “always just be ranting and arguing about them”.


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/sep/12/charlie-kirk-shooter-suspect-latest-news-updates-donald-trump-utah

Maybe's he's changed in the couple years since graduating HS. We'll find out.
 

Silent Type

(12,412 posts)
6. Yeah, I think there's a bunch of misinformation. I can't see one MAGAt killing another like this.
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 07:18 PM
Sep 2025

It might just be some loser looking for their 15 minutes, but Klan sympathizers don’t usually kill each other.

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