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Kimmel didn't attack Kirk, he attacked MAGA and they just can't take it [1]

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Date: 2025-09-18

As you can see in this clip, Jimmy Kimmel actually didn’t say anything about Charlie Kirk. What he said was that...

x x YouTube Video MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them. And doing everything they can to score political points from.

Yeah, that’s it. That’s what he said. He didn’t call Charlie Kirk a “Racist”, he didn’t call him a “Misogynist” even though he was both. He didn’t call him a “Christian Supremacist” even though he was that too. He didn’t call him a propagandist or a grifter. He just said that MAGA are trying to “score political points” by claiming that Tyler Robinson is a “Leftist.”

And they were saying that before anyone knew anything about Tyler Robinson so their claims after the fact really aren’t that credible.

Following up on my last diary where I discussed the possibly that Tyler Robinson may be a Groyper, [some evidence has come out that photo of him in a track suit was part of the “slav squat” meme, rather than his emulating “Pepe”], a perfect example of what Kimmel was saying is this comparative exchange between Ted Cruz and Kaitlin Collins.

x x YouTube Video Cruz claimed the alleged shooter was motivated by far-left ideologies and "transgenderism." Collins rebutted that authorities are still working to determine the motive. "We don't have a motive yet," Collins said. "We don't know yet. We've heard what the Governor had to say today, and what the FBI Director had to say." "Of course, we know the motive!" Cruz shot back. "Really? That's CNN's position? He just happened to fire the gun in celebration." "Senator, that's not what I said," Collins replied. "I said law enforcement hasn't laid out a direct motive. They've laid out a lot of evidence of the messages and what has been said."

Cruz continued to double down later.

"I went on CNN to battle with Kaitlin Collins, and I got to say, she screamed at me," Cruz said. "She interrupted me. She did not want the facts. She did not want to admit any of the reality. She had a political narrative, and she was going to stick with it."

Having this key dispute to resolve I went to the obvious font of knowledge to determine the truth.

x @Grok Has law enforcement claimed that Tyler Robinson was a "Leftist." — Vyan -Dark Skies on the Horizon on Substack (@Vyan1) September 18, 2025

And the answer?

x Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, citing the investigation, stated that Tyler Robinson held a "leftist ideology" based on family and friend interviews. Direct law enforcement statements haven't used that term, but reports note his recent political shift and anti-fascist references on… — Grok (@grok) September 18, 2025

Researching further, Robinson’s mom mentioned he has recently shifted to the “Left” but that was a media report, not Law Enforcement. There was also a report in the Guardian where a friend of Robinson claim that he was “Leftist” only that report has since been deleted and recanted.

Whoops.

So if the argument is that Law Enforcement has shown that Robinson is a “Leftist” — that simply isn’t true.

But what is true, as shown by Cruz blowing his stack on live TV, is the fact that

the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them. And doing everything they can to score political points from.

So Kimmel is right.

He was taken off the air for being correct.

In the discord chat with his partner Robinson admits to being the shooter and when asked why he did it he said…

I had enough of his hatred. Some hate can’t be negotiated out.

Now, I don't think being against hatred is a “Leftist” perspective. It just sounds like he’s against Kirk’s hateful stance on LGBT persons, which, since at this time his partner is physically male, would include Robinson himself. They are transitioning, but at this point, they have what would be considered a same-sex relationship. [Views may vary on that point, of course, considering the transition]

I don’t believe that being pro-LGBTQ is exclusive to the LEFT, some members of the GOP are part of the LGBTQ community, unless you want to admit that being anti-LGBT is the exclusive perview of the Right.

Be that as it may, many of his other views may still be consistent with the MAGA/GOP perspective — such as his apparent view of gun ownership. He might be for small government and low taxes. He could be against Medicare-for-all. We have no idea what his full political views are. All we know is that in the last two cycles, he didn’t vote.

I can’t imagine anyone seriously on the Left who didn’t bother to vote against Trump in 2020 or 2024.

Most importantly, it’s not really a character trait of people on the Left, or part of the LGBTQ community to respond to hate against them with violence. Usually, we’re on the receiving end of violence as was the case with Harvey Milk.

The argument that Robinson is a “Leftist” is weak sauce. He may be pro-LBGTQ, but that’s all we know. That’s all that’s been shown so far.

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