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LiberalArkie

(18,937 posts)
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 12:40 PM Friday

Charlie Kirk Alleged Assassin From Republican Family Stewed in Gun Culture

Friday, September 12, 2025 at 10:00:00a CDT



This is not the story right wing haters wanted.

The Daily Mail and The Wall Street Journal already have stories that Tyler Robinson is from a Republican family and it was steeped in gun culture. Robinson registered as a non-partisan voter. Watching Fox since they are promoting hate every day, and all they can talk about is the anti-fascist markings on the bullets. As for all of this, crickets.

www.wsj.com/... (“The suspect in the assassination of conservative activist and influencer Charlie Kirk has in the past registered as a nonpartisan voter in Utah, public records show. Tyler Robinson, 22, has two parents registered as Republicans.“) (sry if paywall)

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15086467/Tyler-Robinson-Charlie-Kirk-killer-identified-Utah-Trump.html





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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/9/12/2343167/-Charlie-Kirk-Assassin-From-Republican-Family-Stewed-in-Gun-Culture?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web

I guess the "Wimpy assed Liberals" are getting guns now?

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Charlie Kirk Alleged Assassin From Republican Family Stewed in Gun Culture (Original Post) LiberalArkie Friday OP
Nothing says Family Values like letting your child play with guns. Botany Friday #1
Grooming. Child abuse. Entire fam needed wellness check n/t leftstreet Friday #2
Yep berniesandersmittens Friday #31
He's an extreme alt-right Groyper. The Groypers notoriously don't like CK. The bullet engravings are apparently sayings still-prayin4rain Friday #3
Has that been confirmed yet (that he was a Groyper?) Wiz Imp Friday #6
It's all speculation so far. herding cats Friday #17
what is a Groyper? nt Ilsa Friday #32
Groypers are an alt-right faction who are vocal supporters of white supremacist and "America First" still-prayin4rain Friday #33
You've explained it really well. Many thanks. nt Ilsa Friday #34
TY! I didn't scroll down far enough Cha Friday #38
Could you please tell me Why Cha Friday #36
In their language? CK was a cuck. Groypers are alt-right white supremacist who follow still-prayin4rain Friday #37
E gods! Oh man.. TY so much. Cha Friday #39
Shocking SheltieLover Friday #4
Gun-humper for sure. I used to think GOPers were the gun nuts. I'm no longer sure, to be honest. Silent Type Friday #5
Huh? It's already been confirmed that the parents are hardcore Republicans. Wiz Imp Friday #8
Oh sorry, I thought we were talking about the shooter, not his parents. Silent Type Friday #10
The shooter donated to Donald Trump's campaign Wiz Imp Friday #11
Citation? Only time I've seen he donated GOPer is by some podcaster with last name Kulenski. I hope he did, but Silent Type Friday #14
He donated in 2020. He's 22. People change. LeftInTX Friday #15
+1. Bullets could easily be an attempt throw dumb trump investigators off. But it could also just show he hated Kirk. Silent Type Friday #16
I think so too LeftInTX Friday #18
Every time the shooter is white male, he's just a disturbed boy travelingthrulife Friday #40
White supremacists don't usually shoot each other, but who knows nowadays. Silent Type Friday #42
Why does his mother call him "Logan" in the montage of gun pictures? BamaRefugee Friday #7
They have 3 sons. Tyler was the oldest. Wiz Imp Friday #12
Thanks for that. BamaRefugee Friday #44
Meh- looks like a military show sarisataka Friday #9
We don't even know what he meant by the "anti-fascist. catch" meant. StarryNite Friday #13
It's a catchphrase from a video game called Helldiver 2 Wiz Imp Friday #19
So what does the "catchphrase" mean? StarryNite Friday #20
I assume this is correct Wiz Imp Friday #21
Well that's about as clear as mud. LOL StarryNite Friday #23
Right. I agree. But based on everything we know at this point he didn't seem to be someone who Wiz Imp Friday #24
Agreed StarryNite Friday #25
It's becoming clear the suspected shooter was not "antifa," and everything that particular label implies. sop Friday #29
This message was self-deleted by its author sop Friday #30
Oh, look at the tough boy and his .50 caliber machine gun! Aristus Friday #22
The Governor of Utah-the shooter was one of us LetMyPeopleVote Friday #26
It usually is one of you. travelingthrulife Friday #41
Hear, hear! You beat me to it! BigmanPigman Friday #43
Christian, gun rights supporter, Second Amendment solution. republican family, straight, non-trans, non-democrat conserv Norrrm Friday #27
And then there's this disconnect malaise Friday #28
So, does the Daddy Sheriff Traildogbob Friday #35

Botany

(75,307 posts)
1. Nothing says Family Values like letting your child play with guns.
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 12:47 PM
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“ He also posed with guns in his childhood, which included a M2 Browning 50. caliber gun.”

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220633400

berniesandersmittens

(12,537 posts)
31. Yep
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 03:56 PM
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Just watch. They'll still find a way to blame the left for this.

Boy grows up entrenched in gun culture, QOP family influences - but somehow the left turned him into a bad man.

still-prayin4rain

(504 posts)
3. He's an extreme alt-right Groyper. The Groypers notoriously don't like CK. The bullet engravings are apparently sayings
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 12:51 PM
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from a video game.

Wiz Imp

(7,143 posts)
6. Has that been confirmed yet (that he was a Groyper?)
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 01:07 PM
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I've started to see a bunch of speculation about it, but no confirmation.

still-prayin4rain

(504 posts)
33. Groypers are an alt-right faction who are vocal supporters of white supremacist and "America First"
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 04:09 PM
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podcaster, Nick Fuentes.

https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounder/groyper-army-and-america-first

" The Groypers’ focus on Turning Point USA stems primarily from their dislike of founder Charlie Kirk, who they consider insufficiently pro-white. Among their grievances: Kirk has spoken out against white supremacy and dismissed Ashley St. Clair, a TPUSA associate who was photographed at a dinner event attended by Fuentes.

Kirk is pro-Israel, and Groypers oppose Israel and are generally antisemitic. Groypers are also angry that Kirk has invited black conservatives and gay conservatives to TPUSA events as speakers. They believe Kirk is a hypocrite who doesn’t truly want to advance an “America First,” agenda which, for the Groypers, means “whites first.” And finally, they believe Kirk does not support free speech."

Cha

(314,374 posts)
38. TY! I didn't scroll down far enough
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 04:43 PM
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to get why those Groyers don't like Kirk.

Tyler Robinson took it to the extreme. maga on maga.

still-prayin4rain

(504 posts)
37. In their language? CK was a cuck. Groypers are alt-right white supremacist who follow
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 04:42 PM
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podcaster, Nick Fuentes.

https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounder/groyper-army-and-america-first

" The Groypers’ focus on Turning Point USA stems primarily from their dislike of founder Charlie Kirk, who they consider insufficiently pro-white. Among their grievances: Kirk has spoken out against white supremacy and dismissed Ashley St. Clair, a TPUSA associate who was photographed at a dinner event attended by Fuentes.

Kirk is pro-Israel, and Groypers oppose Israel and are generally antisemitic. Groypers are also angry that Kirk has invited black conservatives and gay conservatives to TPUSA events as speakers. They believe Kirk is a hypocrite who doesn’t truly want to advance an “America First,” agenda which, for the Groypers, means “whites first.” And finally, they believe Kirk does not support free speech."

Cha

(314,374 posts)
39. E gods! Oh man.. TY so much.
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 04:49 PM
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I never saw the word Groyers before now. Guess I wasn't paying enough attention. And, what a name..

Now Tyer Robinson has gone and Done It!

Silent Type

(11,125 posts)
5. Gun-humper for sure. I used to think GOPers were the gun nuts. I'm no longer sure, to be honest.
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 12:57 PM
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Wiz Imp

(7,143 posts)
11. The shooter donated to Donald Trump's campaign
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 01:29 PM
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Some reports say he was a registered Republican. If not, he was unaffiliated. He is definitely NOT a Democrat. There is absolutely no evidence that points to him being a "leftist" whatsoever.

Silent Type

(11,125 posts)
14. Citation? Only time I've seen he donated GOPer is by some podcaster with last name Kulenski. I hope he did, but
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 01:40 PM
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I'm not much for makins stuff up like GOPers.

LeftInTX

(33,935 posts)
15. He donated in 2020. He's 22. People change.
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 01:42 PM
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His bullets had engravings, but it remains to be seen what was going on.

Silent Type

(11,125 posts)
16. +1. Bullets could easily be an attempt throw dumb trump investigators off. But it could also just show he hated Kirk.
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 01:45 PM
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Personally, I think he's just another disturbed 22 year old with guns and a yearning to be noticed.

travelingthrulife

(3,257 posts)
40. Every time the shooter is white male, he's just a disturbed boy
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 05:27 PM
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We have a crisis with White Supremacists tearing our country apart.

BamaRefugee

(3,837 posts)
7. Why does his mother call him "Logan" in the montage of gun pictures?
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 01:09 PM
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And whatever his (if this really is him and not a brother or something) "8 year countdown" is, the shooting only missed it by a couple of months.
I tried looking up his full name but no luck but I don't have time this morning for a deep dive.

Wiz Imp

(7,143 posts)
12. They have 3 sons. Tyler was the oldest.
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 01:34 PM
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2025/09/12/what-we-know-charlie-kirk-shooting-suspect/86091474007/

Social media photos from Robinson’s mother, Amber, depict a tight-knit family where Tyler was the oldest of three sons.


https://www.newsweek.com/charlie-kirk-family-what-we-know-about-mom-amber-jones-robinson-dad-matthew-2128943

Robinson has two brothers, per a post by his mother on Facebook in 2021 that was celebrating the first day of a new school year.

In the post, the mother named the boys as Austin and Logan. In the post, she said that Austin was starting his junior year of high school while Logan was starting his freshman year.




sarisataka

(22,000 posts)
9. Meh- looks like a military show
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 01:13 PM
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pre-9/11 my unit did one yearly in conjunction with Army Reserve and National Guard units. It was common to have a thousand or more people show up.

StarryNite

(11,845 posts)
13. We don't even know what he meant by the "anti-fascist. catch" meant.
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 01:39 PM
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It could have meant if you're anti-fascist, catch (get shot by) the bullet.

Wiz Imp

(7,143 posts)
19. It's a catchphrase from a video game called Helldiver 2
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 01:52 PM
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There's nothing to indicate he held general anti fascist views

Wiz Imp

(7,143 posts)
21. I assume this is correct
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 03:04 PM
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https://www.polygon.com/charlie-kirk-shooter-helldivers-2-meme-tyler-robinson/

engraved messages on bullet casings recovered at the crime scene, including an unfired shell that included the phrase "Hey, fascist! Catch! ↑ → ↓↓↓" — arrow symbols that match the input required to execute a stratagem in Helldivers 2. That stratagem, Eagle 500kg Bomb, lets players drop a 1,100-pound bomb that embeds itself in the ground before exploding. It's one of the more destructive special moves in the game.

Other shells had different messages engraved on them, including "Notices bulge / OWO what’s this?" a reference to a meme about furries and online role-play

Helldivers 2 was released on PlayStation 5 and Windows PC in February 2024. An Xbox Series X version was released in August. The sci-fi third-person cooperative shooter casts players as Helldivers who fight on behalf of Super Earth, ostensibly protecting humanity and spreading "managed democracy" to other worlds. Like its strongest inspiration, Starship Troopers, Helldivers 2 is styled as a satire on fascism — players act on behalf of a militaristic regime, acting as peacekeepers in a Galactic War against alien forces.


According to Google's AI Overview:

In the satirical video game Helldivers 2, players are not intended to fight fascists, but rather to kill alien and robotic enemies under a fictional, authoritarian "managed democracy" government called Super Earth. The game's narrative and mechanics are deliberately designed to be satirical, mimicking the tropes of aggressive, jingoistic patriotism found in real-world propaganda.

Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt has made statements suggesting Helldivers 2's satire on totalitarianism was an experiment to see if a community could be "brainwashed" into supporting a fascist state, which he described as a means to educate players about totalitarian regimes and their manipulation tactics through irony and satire.


He later clarified:

Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt revealed at the Game Developers Conference in March 2025, the United Nations contacted the development team regarding giving a talk related to the concept of psychological defense against manipulation. Pilestedt stated, "We do it all in fun and good spirits, and we actually try to get people to recognize the science of what is a totalitarian state. If you start wearing the same uniform as everybody else and do salutes constantly, you might be in a totalitarian regime".

StarryNite

(11,845 posts)
23. Well that's about as clear as mud. LOL
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 03:11 PM
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Based on that we don't really know what the shooter was thinking with that message.

Wiz Imp

(7,143 posts)
24. Right. I agree. But based on everything we know at this point he didn't seem to be someone who
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 03:17 PM
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supports typical anti fascist views.

sop

(16,036 posts)
29. It's becoming clear the suspected shooter was not "antifa," and everything that particular label implies.
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 03:50 PM
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As we learn more about the suspected shooter's background, it's also becoming clear Trump, Patel, Governor Cox and the rest of the rightwing establishment were just spreading disinformation and inciting violence.

Response to Wiz Imp (Reply #24)

Aristus

(70,871 posts)
22. Oh, look at the tough boy and his .50 caliber machine gun!
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 03:06 PM
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Join the Army, dickhead! Oh! That's right! They don't accept criminals anymore.

I'm so fucking over the gunfucks and their "look at ME!" tough guy cosplay...

Norrrm

(2,985 posts)
27. Christian, gun rights supporter, Second Amendment solution. republican family, straight, non-trans, non-democrat conserv
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 03:41 PM
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Christian, gun rights supporter, Second Amendment solution. republican family, straight, non-trans, non-democrat conservative doing a 'favor' to Trump?

Kirk has been publicly against Trump on releasing the Epstein files.

malaise

(289,109 posts)
28. And then there's this disconnect
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 03:46 PM
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The Governor of Utah, Spencer Cox, just said, "For the last 33 hours, I had been praying that this person (who murdered Charlie Kirk) was from another country. That he was not one of us because we are not like that. But it was one of us."
———-
It is usually one of you Governor

Traildogbob

(11,821 posts)
35. So, does the Daddy Sheriff
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 04:20 PM
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Get the $100,000 reward for turning in the son, that He groomed for guns and probably bought the weapons he loved so much then used one of them to murder Charles?
Who will be the GQP Lawyer to defend the killer of GQP Jesus? One of trumps finest? Judge Jenny the Fox wine box freak, now in the trump cult cabinet?

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