The radical left-wing media has faced criticism for trying to recast the cold-blooded murder of Charlie Kirk as a romantic tragedy of a love-struck young man striving to protect his trans partner.
Podcaster Megyn Kelly and guest Victor David Hanson attacked the media’s perceived attempt to downplay the assassination and glorify the alleged shooter after the love motive was echoed across outlets like ABC and CNN, as well as by woke influencers such as Keith Olbermann.
Prosecutors reported that Tyler Robinson, 22, shot the father of two at a Turning Point event at Utah Valley University in Orem on September 10, in a series of events that stunned the nation.
Following the shooting, it was revealed that Robinson was involved with his transgender roommate Lance Twiggs, who was transitioning from male to female.
The shooter, who fired just as Kirk discussed transgender gun violence, texted Twiggs after the act, claiming he killed the MAGA proponent because he was ‘fed up with his hatred,’ according to police.
Authorities indicated that Robinson had become more radicalized through online media, noting far-left slogans and references to the ‘furry’ internet subculture that he etched onto his bullet casings.
Despite this, several liberal hosts have sought to distance the shooting from politics, by instead presenting Robinson’s decision to shoot Kirk as a heroic act of revenge for his trans lover.
Speaking on CNN, talk show host Montel Williams described Robinson ‘love-torn child’, while ABC reporter Matt Gutman called the alleged killer’s texts to Twiggs ‘very touching’.
Megyn Kelly (pictured) has called out the left-wing media for trying to present Charlie Kirk ‘s murder as the culmination of a romantic tragedy in the life of the killer
Kelly slammed several journalists for denying any political motive in the conservative firebrand’s death and instead spinning it as a tragic twist in ‘a beautiful love story’ between alleged gunman Tyler Robinson (left) and his trans lover Lance Twiggs (right)
‘We’re really talking about is a love-torn child, a kid,’ Williams told CNN’s NewsNight.
‘This is probably his first real relationship, and somebody was disparaging the person that he loved.
‘He sat on that building for 30 minutes before he took the shot. Why did he wait for the word “trans” to come up? Then he took the shot.
‘I don’t believe he was motivated politically, I think this was motivated emotionally,’ Williams added.
‘I think this was an emotionally-stunted person, who literally tried to defend his significant other, not trying to defend some ideology.’
Speaking with her guest, American historian Victor Davis Hanson, Kelly slammed CNN for ‘platforming’ Williams, who she said has ‘lost his mind’.
‘(He is) trying to make it sound like a beautiful love story, like this guy should be valorized’, she fumed, before laying into Gutman, who she condemned as ‘a moron’.
Davis Hanson agreed, and pointed out the ridiculous assumption that the shooter, who police said took aim at Kirk from around 200 yards away, was listening to the debate and waiting for a trans question to come up before pulling the trigger.
‘I don’t know why they put these people on, they’re an embarrassment,’ he said.
Kelly blasted Montel Williams (pictured right) for describing Robinson as a ‘love-torn child’
ABC host Matt Gutman (pictured) called the alleged killer’s texts to Twiggs ‘very touching’
In an ABC News segment, Gutman focused on how an alleged killer was ‘speaking so lovingly about his partner’ rather than the horrific murder.
Referring to the texts Robinson sent Twiggs in the aftermath of the shooting, Gutman said: ‘It was very touching, in a way that I think many of us didn’t expect.
‘(The texts gave) a very intimate portrait into the relationship between the suspect’s roommate and the suspect himself with him repeatedly calling his roommate who is transitioning “my love” and “I want to protect you my love”.
‘So it was this duality of someone who the attorneys said not only jeopardized the life of Charlie Kirk and the crowd but was doing it in front of children, which is one of the aggravating circumstances in this case, and then on the other hand, he was speaking so lovingly about his partner.’
‘First of all, he did not say in these text messages, “I want to protect you my love”,’ Kelly said. ‘That is an invention by this reporter.’
She went on to slam Gutman for, ‘speaking the language of the left with all their buzz terms’ while sympathizing with a killer.
The Daily Mail has contacted Gutman and Williams for comment.
Robinson’s social media presence shows he was heavily immersed in furry culture and obsessed with video games, while his family said he was becoming increasingly political.
He even played a pornographic online game called ‘Furry Shades of Gay’ and followed artists who drew explicit cartoons associated with pedophilia.
Former ESPN host Keith Olbermann (L) sparked outrage with his comment on Charlie Kirk (R)
It comes after former ESPN anchor Keith Olbermann sparked a severe backlash over his vile comments about Kirk in response to Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension from ABC.
Late-night talk show host Kimmel was pulled off the air ‘indefinitely’ by ABC on Wednesday over his divisive comments regarding the assassination.
The veteran host’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! has been removed from the network ‘for the foreseeable future,’ a spokesperson announced.
Many left-wing leaning celebrities leapt to Kimmel’s defense following the drastic move. However, Olbermann’s retaliation came in extreme bad taste after he suggested that Kirk was burning in hell.
Olbermann, the former host of ESPN’s SportsCenter, lambasted broadcast group Sinclair for its assertion that Kimmel’s removal from the airwaves was ‘not enough’ and that ‘additional action’ should be taken.
‘Burn in hell, Sinclair,’ Olbermann wrote on social media. ‘Alongside Charlie Kirk.’
