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hardluck

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5. We should all probably just see what comes out over the next few days before assigning which "side" this guy is one
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 06:39 PM
Friday

Here's what that famously right-wing rag The Guardian is reporting:

Suspect's high school classmate says Robinson was the only 'leftist' in a family of 'very hard' Republicans

Anna Betts
In a phone interview on Friday, someone who said they were friends with Robinson in high school, who wanted to remain anonymous, said that the suspect was “pretty left on everything” and was “the only member of his family that was really leftist”.

“The rest of his family was very hard Republican,” the friend said.

Around sophomore year, the friend said, Robinson became more extreme in his political views and would “always just be ranting and arguing about them”.


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/sep/12/charlie-kirk-shooter-suspect-latest-news-updates-donald-trump-utah

Maybe's he's changed in the couple years since graduating HS. We'll find out.

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