This article, authored by Nicole Silverio is republished under the Creative Commons “CC BY-NC-ND” license with permission from The Daily Caller News Foundation.
The plurality of Americans surveyed in a YouGov poll bought into the false narrative that the alleged assassin of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk is a Republican.
Several notable figures rushed to claim that the suspect, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, was a conservative Christian, though Republican Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and federal authorities later confirmed that Robinson became “deeply indoctrinated with leftist ideology.” The poll found that 24% of all adults have bought into the idea that Robinson is not, in fact, liberal.
In comparison, 21% of all adults believe Robinson was a Democrat, 15% said neither and 40% were unsure, according to the poll.
24% percent of Americans believe Charlie Kirk’s shooter, Tyler Robinson, was a Republican, compared to 21% who think he was a Democrat, according to a new YouGov poll.
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This comes after a concerted media effort across Facebook, Reddit, and X, amplified by Bill Maher and outlets… pic.twitter.com/1WaJtmpHGg
Robinson’s family told authorities that he had become more political and hateful in recent years. He lived with his trans-identifying boyfriend, Lance Twiggs, whose own relative said “hates conservatives and Christians,” according to Fox News.
“He hates conservatives and Christians,” the relative said of the trans-identifying roommate. “He hated us. He was not raised that way, but he, over the years, has become really detached [and] been radicalized.”
A growing number of “very liberal” adults across the U.S. believe it is “always or usually acceptable” to be happy about the death of a public figure they dislike, the poll further found. Among “conservative” and “very conservative” surveyors, 90% and 91% of those said it is “always or usually unacceptable.”
Ten percent of liberals also said it is acceptable to celebrate the death of someone they do not like, while 73% said it is never acceptable, according to the poll. A quarter of “very liberal” participants also said that political violence “can sometimes be justified,” and less than 5% of those identifying as “very conservative” said the same.
Most of the very liberal participants justifying political violence are between the ages of 18 and 29, the poll found.
Many liberals, especially educators, have been fired for openly celebrating Kirk’s death since Wednesday. Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) fired assistant dean Laura Sosh-Lightsy for writing on Facebook that she has “zero sympathy” for Kirk, while MSNBC gave political analyst Matthew Dowd the boot for alleging that Kirk brought his own assassination onto himself.
The Washington Post also fired columnist Karen Attiah for falsely stating that Kirk made an offensive remark about black women.
The Nation, which is funded by George Soros’ Open Society Foundation, published a piece titled, “Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning,” which falsely asserted that Kirk claimed black women “do not have the brain processing power to be taken seriously.” The episode of Kirk’s podcast shows that he did not make that statement about black women and instead criticized affirmative action and Associate Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.
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My advisories advocate violence? They’ll regret it.
Another interesting fact about the hoax is that the security behind dear old charlie in black was also on stage at the fake trumpstein assassination. What are the odds, he must be one of the planners of the fake assassinations. Another interesting fact is that when his mrs put the coin on the wax dummy, the image on the coin matches the tshirt of the fake shooter. Eagle on the american flag, what are the odds, its almost as if they are toying with us. Another interesting fact is that there were meant to be hundreds of people there but across multiple platforms we only see max 5 or 6 vids, where are the rest of the vids. How can you only have only this amount out of the hundreds of people there. That should be a red flag in itself. Another thing that happened while you were all distracted was that california passed the anti-semitism laws and are waiting the governor signature. Alot can happen while your head is turned. Looking in comments section across different ‘alternative media’, alot of people have seen this hoax for what it is and yet the alternative media are pushing lies still. Redacted are still pushing it and are even having the synagogue of satans tommy robinson on tonight. The way the alter media work is that they tell 80pc of the truth to get your support and then when they think they have you, they start pushing a version of the hoax. Paul for example has gone full hoax even though there is literally no evidence the guy even actually exists like they say. Nobody I have seen in the alternative media tells the truth. Just over a year ago, you had clln mcgregor singing the praises of our greatest ally. Candace says she is catholic which is satanism disguised. I just saw another man fall called jt follows jc. As soon as you see the them marketing merchandise and sponsored ads, you know they sold out. Do your own research and stop following man.
Seek counseling.
Pollsters lie. A lot.