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Dem Congressman Baselessly Claims Charlie Kirk Assassin Is ‘MAGA’

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U.S. Rep. Dave Min (D-CA) claimed in a social media post, without evidence, that the gunman who assassinated prominent conservative activist has been “identified as MAGA” despite mounting evidence to the contrary.

“Now that the Charlie Kirk assassin has been identified as MAGA, I’m sure Donald Trump, Elon Musk and all the insane GOP politicians who called for retribution against the ‘RADICAL LEFT’ will now shift their focus to stopping the toxic violence of the RADICAL RIGHT,” the congressman posted on X Friday night. The post has remained up throughout the weekend despite the fact that no evidence supporting the sweeping accusation has emerged.

The gunman, Tyler Robinson, was living with an individual who is in the process of “transitioning” his gender at the time of carrying out the attack. Investigators believe that Robinson and the individual in question, 22-year-old Lance Twiggs, were in a romantic relationship.

According to a bombshell report from Axios citing six sources familiar with the investigation, officials believe Robinson’s opinion of Kirk’s views on transgenderism could be key to establishing a motive. He reportedly saw Kirk’s opinions on the matter as “hateful” to his transgender boyfriend, multiple sources told the outlet.

In addition, friends and family members have told reporters have reported that Robinson became “increasingly political” in recent years and had expressed interest in attending Kirk’s upcoming debate at Utah Valley. Governor Cox stated at the news conference that the accused shooter recently had a conversation in which someone said Kirk “was spreading hate and was full of hate.”

The suspected gunman also engraved a message reading “hey fascist, catch” and another that referenced an Italian communist song that has become popular among Antifa-linked groups on shell casings.

In addition, the FBI is currently investigating multiple left-wing groups over the possibility that they had advanced knowledge of the murder, or if they assisted Robinson after the fact. At least one of the groups in question deleted their social media presence in the hours following the attack.

Tyler Robinson

Despite mounting evidence pointing to the suspected killer’s far-left ideology, pundits and lawmakers like Min continue to advance the bogus claim that Robinson has ties to the political right or was a Trump supporter.

The accused killer does indeed come from a conservative family, though relatives have reported that he became increasingly political in recent years. The same has been said of Twiggs, with one family member describing him as the “black sheep” of his St. George, Utah family.

In one egregious example, Reuters reported, without any evidence, that Robinson was tied to nationalist commentator Nick Fuentes’ Groyper movement. The piece quoted Rachel Kleinfeld, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Endowment, who claimed the messages written on shell casings such as “hey fascist, catch” and a reference to an Italian communist song popular among Antifa-linked groups suggested ties to the Groyper movement.

“It’s an eclectic ideological movement marked by video game memes, anti-gay, Nick Fuentes white supremacy, irony,” she told the outlet. “It certainly leans right, but it is quite eclectic.”

Reuters stealthily edited its piece to remove Kleinfeld’s baseless claims, though it did so without an editor’s note.

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