Shooting suspect had 'very different ideology' than conservative family, Utah governor says

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

Shooting suspect had ‘very different ideology’ than conservative family, Utah governor says | Charlie Kirk shooting | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/14/charlie-kirk-shooting-suspect-roommate


The Utah governor, Spencer Cox, on Sunday told national talkshows that the man suspected of killing Turning Point USA executive director Charlie Kirk was living with and in a relationship with a person “transitioning from male to female” as investigators continue exploring a possible motive in the attack.

The Republican politician’s comments came four days after Kirk – a critic of gay and transgender rights – was shot to death from a distance with a rifle during an event at Utah Valley University while speaking with a student about mass shootings in the US and trans people. Nonetheless, Cox stopped short of saying that officials had determined the suspect’s partner’s alleged status was a factor in Kirk’s killing.

In comments to NBC’s Meet the Press, Cox said that Kirk’s accused killer, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, was not cooperating with authorities. Yet authorities are gathering information from family members and people around him, Cox said.

Cox said that what investigators had gathered showed Robinson “does come from a conservative family – but his ideology was very different than his family”.

Citing the content of investigators’ interviews with people close to Robinson, Cox said “we do know that the [suspect’s] roommate … is a [partner] who is transitioning from male to female.

[Irish_Dem]

1. It's all the same ideology: hatred, anger, violence, entitlement, special status, etc.

[Dawson Leery]

2. Do we trust this Governor?

I do not.

[rzemanfl]

4. Me either.

[CousinIT]

3. Why publicize this if not to stoke blame onto LGBTQ people?

Did his roommate somehow control his behavior? Is that the excuse?

[GoCubsGo]

5. Bullshit, Governor.

We heard Stephen Miller say that "The crackdown is coming," and that your ilk are going to use this to go after everyone who doesn't support them. You're lying your ass off.

[CurtEastPoint]

6. Gov. Cox (snicker...)

[Disaffected]

10. Why am I not surprised his name

is Spencer? I dunno, he just looks like a "Spencer".

[BlueTsunami2018]

7. I don't believe anything these people say.

They’re trying sooooo hard to pin this on the left that they keep reporting false information and bullshit.

Fuck all of these people.

[Phoenix61]

8. I'm sure his family deeply wants to believe they had

nothing to do with the beliefs their son held.

[Quiet Em]

9. Governor Cox makes an awful lot of ignorant assumptions

Take everything he says with a grain of salt.

[RockRaven]

11. The same Gov who previously revealed his motivation to "other" the shooter?

So surprise surprise he now says he has evidence of the conclusion he assumed from the start when he had zero information.

Even if Cox is correct, it may not "other" the shooter as much as he hopes. The shooter was raised in a RW environment, where there is a constant drumbeat of using violence/force to "solve" political disagreement. And he was raised as a gunhumper. That is Cox's community, and the shooters actions are the fruit of that garden.

Also, fwiw, Kirk and Fuentes and Trump all have "very different ideologies" from each other too. So what does having a different ideology do for Cox, huh?

[Emile]

12. Same republican family that posed with guns for

family pictures.

[J_William_Ryan]

13. Same conservative ideology, different faction.

A rightwing holy war, one rightist killing another.

[sarisataka]

14. Right wing sources have been pushing this narrative hard

it isn't surprising that a Republican governor would amplify the message.

[Norrrm]

15. The Guv is going out of his way to repudiate one of his own.

[Skittles]

18. especially since his PRAYERS didn't work

[RazorbackExpat]

21. Maybe he wasn't wearing his magic underwear when he prayed

[Skittles]

22. I knew people who were incredulous ovr the beliefs of the "Heaven's Gate" folk

these are people who believe in virgin birth and rising from the dead

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

16. Hey Spence, you should send your resume over to Entertainment Tonight, they're hiring!

[WarGamer]

17. so the groyper thing was??

[LoisB]

19. Bull cracky.

[ArnoldLayne]

20. He was most likely named after Spencer Kimble the former President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday- Saints