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A week after Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at a Utah event, I'm walking through the claims and counter-claims that have piled up since, starting with why I think security failed him and how an innocent man in Toronto was wrongly named as the shooter online before authorities identified Tyler Robinson, a 22-year-old from Utah. I get into what's known about Robinson's background, his alleged ties to Nick Fuentes' Groyper movement, the messages reportedly etched onto the bullet casings, and how a roommate is credited with turning him in. I also cover the shifting statements from Utah's governor, Donald Trump's comments about political violence on Fox News, and the questions I have about evidence handling at the scene, plus the monetization of Kirk's death through merchandise and fundraisers. I'm upfront that I never agreed with Kirk's politics and don't pretend otherwise here, but my goal in this rundown is to separate what's actually been confirmed from what's been spread online this week without much fact-checking.
A Week of Unequal Outrage
The video opens by noting that Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at an event in Utah, with the creator stating upfront that political violence should be condemned from all sides. The creator argues that Republicans have shown more outrage over this shooting than over other mass shootings or acts of political violence in recent years, and criticizes what they describe as a wave of calls for civil war and easily disproven claims circulating online throughout the week. The creator also pushes back on people who present opposing factual claims about Kirk as simply differing opinions, arguing that describing someone as racist, homophobic, or transphobic based on their own statements isn't a matter of feelings but of documented behavior.
Why Security Failed Charlie Kirk
The creator claims Kirk had been warned months earlier by a hired security consultant that his security setup had major flaws and that he could be killed at an event within six months if he didn't improve his protocols, and that Kirk did not act on that warning. The creator also claims that local police stationed at the event were focused on enforcing Utah's HB77, a law signed by Republican Governor Spencer Cox in May 2025 restricting the display of LGBTQ pride flags on college campuses, rather than monitoring rooftops for threats. The creator further claims a student had spotted someone on the roof hours before the shooting in a video that later went viral, and that the person returned to the roof shortly before the attack without being stopped.
The Wrong Suspect Goes Viral
The creator describes how an account called Libs of TikTok initially claimed a specific man had been arrested and was in FBI custody, when in fact that man was reportedly in Toronto at the time and had no connection to Kirk, forcing him to delete his social media accounts amid the backlash. The creator says the FBI later muddled the record further by stating they had released a suspect from custody who, by the creator's account, had never actually been in custody at all.
Who Tyler Robinson Is Alleged to Be
The creator identifies the eventual suspect as Tyler Robinson, a 22-year-old from Utah raised in what's described as a religious, gun-focused Republican household, who attended college on a full scholarship and lived with roommates in an apartment, one of whom is reportedly transgender, though the creator notes the evidence for that is thin. The creator claims Robinson was connected to a far-right group associated with Nick Fuentes known as the Groypers, describing the group as holding white supremacist, antisemitic, and Holocaust-denying views and as having been linked to the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack. The creator further claims Robinson and others in that movement had targeted Turning Point USA and Kirk specifically for not being far-right enough, and that Robinson had previously donated to Trump's campaigns.
Reading the Bullet Casings
The creator describes messages reportedly inscribed on the bullet casings recovered at the scene: one telling fascists to catch something, another declaring that anyone who reads it is gay, meant as an insult within far-right culture aimed at anyone investigating the case, and a third simply reading Bella Ciao, a reference to an Italian anti-fascist resistance song from World War II. The creator interprets all three as signals aimed at a far-right audience rather than evidence of a left-wing motive, framing them as an attempt to sow confusion and shift blame onto Democrats.
How the Alleged Shooter Was Turned In
The creator says rumors had circulated about a pastor alerting authorities, but claims the FBI has since credited Robinson's roommate, reportedly transgender, with turning him in after his father questioned him about a circulating photo and did not report him himself, reportedly because Robinson threatened self-harm if his father did. The creator argues that whether or not Robinson and the roommate had a romantic relationship is beside the point, since Robinson's alleged motivations traced back to Fuentes' influence regardless, and credits the roommate for the arrest.
A Changing Narrative From Utah's Governor
The creator recounts an initial press conference in which Utah's governor said both major parties had extremists fueling a dangerous political climate and expressed sadness that the suspect turned out to share his own party's affiliation. The creator then claims that after a phone call with President Trump, the governor's public statements shifted, describing Robinson instead as far-left and the roommate as suddenly uncooperative, a shift the creator characterizes as following pressure from Trump rather than new evidence.
Trump's Comments on Political Violence
The creator plays a clip of Trump responding to a question about violence from both the far right and far left, in which Trump says radicals on the right are motivated by concerns over crime and immigration, while describing the radical left in starkly negative terms. The creator also notes Trump told a Fox News host that Robinson had a transgender girlfriend, framing this as an inadvertent acknowledgment of the roommate's gender identity even amid the broader political fallout. Separately, the creator flags Fox News host Brian Kilmeade's on-air comment suggesting involuntary lethal measures for homeless people, noting he later apologized but was not fired.
Questions About Evidence and Monetization
The creator raises concerns about evidence handling at the scene, including fans reportedly taking souvenirs from the speaking area and Kirk's own film crew removing a camera positioned near the stage before authorities could review its footage. The creator also points to Turning Point USA selling merchandise referencing the shooting and more than 100 fundraising campaigns on GoFundMe and GiveSendGo that have collected millions of dollars for Kirk's wife. The creator closes by reiterating disagreement with Kirk's politics and views on political violence broadly, describing him as a terrorist the creator does not care about, while clarifying that not caring about him is not the same as thinking he deserved to die or that his death should be celebrated, and criticizing what they see as a lack of visible grief from Kirk's inner circle in the days after his death.
Video Transcript
What really happened with the murder of
Charlie Kirk and the fallout afterwards?
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professorpride.com. Last week, a
terrorist named Charlie Kirk was shot
and killed at an event in Utah. And
before we start this episode, I want to
clarify that we condemn political
violence from all sides. With that being
said, for the past week now, you might
have noticed Republicans being more
upset at this shooting than they've been
upset at any of the 5,000 mass shootings
in the past decade or any act of
political violence in the past
generation. They've been calling for a
civil war and sharing easily disproven
information online. all week. So, I
wanted to clarify some of those things
today. But first, a moment for your
mental health. This week, more than
ever, you've likely been debating with
people online. And you might have
noticed that no matter what you say or
how much evidence you provide, nothing
will change their minds. It's rich to
hear Republicans say facts over feelings
when they firmly believe their feelings
are the truth time and again. You'll
share facts and evidence proving Charlie
Kirk was a deeply racist, homophobic,
transphobic, and all-around violent
person, and they'll respond saying
Charlie was just sharing the truth. But
that doesn't mean Charlie was actually
sharing the truth. It just means Charlie
was sharing what these folks think is
the truth. It means they themselves
might be racist, homophobic,
transphobic, or an all-around violent
person, too. We've seen terrorist groups
like Libs of Tik Tok sharing the most
vile things this week, trying to get
people fired from their jobs for simply
not liking Charlie Kirk, who again was
also a terrorist. They even started a
website that has now been forcibly
removed by the court after lawsuits to
expose people for giving an opinion or
sometimes even liking a comment on
Facebook. Some of the people on that
list simply said they don't want
violence on either side, but they were
put on this list anyway and sent death
threats for simply not wanting violence.
After I released a video last week
condemning political violence on all
sides, I have received plenty of death
threats this week myself. And to those
who threatened us, I will say you'll
find out the hard way that the Second
Amendment is for everyone, not just
Republicans. My entire family is heavily
armed and trained for the threats we've
received this week. Political violence
is never okay, but defending ourselves,
our property, and our way of life is
something we're more than prepared to do
if anyone comes after us. But most of
the lies that have been told about
Charlie's murder have come from libs at
Tik Tok, Donald Trump, or similar
terrorist accounts who don't care about
the truth. They don't even want revenge
because Democrats aren't to blame for
Charlie's death. They only want
Democrats to suffer even though
Democrats should honestly be thanked for
helping catch the alleged killer. So,
let's find out the truth in all of this.
First, why was there not enough security
around Charlie Kirk to protect him at
this event? Well, that's for two
reasons. First, Charlie Kirk reportedly
hired a security consultant months ago
who told him that his security had major
flaws and said he would quote 100% be
killed at a speaking event in the next 6
months if he did not improve his
security protocols. Charlie then did not
listen. Second, we've learned from local
police who were stationed on campus that
day that their job was not to look on
the rooftops for potential threats. The
police have said their assigned job was
to go around the crowd of people to
confiscate or arrest anyone displaying
LGBTQ pride flags. Yes. In May 2025, the
Republican governor of Utah signed into
law HB77,
which prevents anyone from displaying
LGBTQ pride flags on college campuses
and at events like the one Charlie Kirk
was speaking at. So, the police were
there, but they were too busy arresting
people for flying pride flags in protest
to see a shooter on the rooftop. Fun
fact, hours before the event, a student
saw the shooter on the roof in a now
viral video and ignored it. It is
assumed that this is when the shooter
was using a rangefinder and scoping out
the location. The shooter then went back
on the roof minutes before the attack
without any police stopping him. So, who
was the alleged shooter? Well, at first
it was this guy. According to a now
viral post by Libs at Tik Tok, they
claimed that this guy was arrested
immediately after the shooting of
Charlie Kirk and was now in the custody
of the FBI, which is interesting because
this guy was actually in Toronto, Canada
at the time of the shooting and doesn't
even know who Charlie Kirk even is.
After this went viral, he had to delete
all of his social media pages because
everyone thought that he was the
shooter. But it only came from Libs a
Tik Tok that this claim was even made.
>> It's quite alarming that something like
this happens, that misinformation like
this can get out there and just spread
so quickly and nobody's factchecking.
>> Then the FBI released a statement saying
that they let this suspect go from their
custody even though again he was from
Toronto and was never in custody. So, I
guess now the director of the FBI is
openly lying on behalf of a terrorist
group to cover for them. That way, they
don't have to get sued into oblivion.
But that's where we are in America now.
So, who is the new alleged shooter? His
name is Tyler Robinson, who is a
22-year-old from Utah. He grew up in a
deeply Republican family, went to church
religiously, and his family had a
fixation on guns his entire life. Tyler
then went to college on a full ride
scholarship and moved into an apartment
building with three other roommates
similar to a dorm building. One of those
roommates was reportedly transgender,
although the evidence of this is sketchy
at best. To our current knowledge, the
alleged shooter did not have any
romantic or sexual relationship with
anyone, including this roommate. We'll
get back to this in a moment, though.
The alleged shooter is part of a group
called Gropers, led by Nick Fuantes.
Now, Gropers is a terrible name for a
group of people supposedly against
pedophilia, but they are an extremely
far-right group of people who agree with
many Nazi ideas, including white
supremacy, misogyny, homophobia,
transphobia, and anti-semitic views.
They deny the Holocaust ever happened
and support the overthrowing of the
American government, even going so far
as to be instrumental in the treasonous
attack on our capital on January 6,
2021. Most importantly, Nick Fuantes and
gropers like Tyler Robinson have been
targeting Turning Point USA for years
now, campaigning against their leader,
Charlie Kirk, and his tour of college
campuses debating with liberals. After
his arrest, Tyler even said he allegedly
shot Charlie Kirk because he was not
far-right enough for his liking. Oh, and
records show that Tyler Robinson even
donated to Donald Trump's political
campaigns. Shortly after the shooting,
rumors spread wildly online that Charlie
Kirk's wife and child were at the event
when the shooting occurred. This has
since been proven to be false. His
family was back home in Arizona and
found out about the incident on social
media like the rest of us. This was just
a rumor started by the far right to make
everyone feel bad for Charlie even more.
Oddly, when the wife was seen in public
for the first time, she was not crying
at all over the incident and blamed the
Democrats with absolutely no evidence
that Democrats had anything to do with
the murder of her husband. Now, you
might have heard about writing that was
reportedly on the bullet casings in the
alleged gun. Those inscriptions read,
"Hey, fascists, catch," which is a
phrase used by extremely far-right
people because they believe that
Democrats are fascist taking over their
country. Another read, "If you read
this, you are gay." In the extremely
far-right culture, they use gay as an
insult to imply someone is dumb or less
important than they are. So, this
message means anyone who investigates
the murder is stupid in their eyes. And
the third casing read Bella Chow, which
is from an Italian folk song meaning
beautiful goodbye and was sung during
the anti-fascist resistance movement
during World War II. Again, extremely
far-right people like Tyler believe that
Charlie Kirk was not far-right enough
and were helping Democrats create a
fascist country for them to live under.
So, all of these bullet casings point to
an extremely far-right message. I know
this can be confusing, but if you study
the farright as much as we do for our
show normally, you would know that
messages like this are constantly being
used by the far right. That way, it's a
wink and a nod to their own side to say,
"Hey, this is one of us, by the way."
But it's also a way to blame the
Democrats for everything bad in the
world. And this way, if Democrats ever
come out and say, "No, this wasn't one
of us." They can be called crazy for
even thinking so. So, it's literally a
message to confuse people and get people
to fight more. But how was the alleged
shooter caught? Well, that's thanks to
the reportedly transgender roommate.
After pictures started circulating
online of who the FBI was calling the
suspect, Tyler's father questioned his
son about the picture. But importantly
here, Tyler told his father that he
would end his own life if his father
turned him in. So the father then
decided not to turn his son into the
authorities. Rumors speculated online
about a pastor being called and the
pastor turning the suspect in, but the
FBI is now reporting that the roommate,
who was reportedly transgender, was the
one who turned Tyler into the FBI. Now,
did they have a romantic relationship
together? We currently don't know.
Neither side is confirming any romantic
involvement. But does it matter? No.
First off, I've known plenty of romantic
couples who wildly disagree on politics
and who have great relationships. So,
even if they were in a romantic
relationship together, which again, we
have no confirmation of, it would not
have changed Tyler's opinions or caused
him to do this. He was already
influenced by Nick Fuantes into hating
Charlie Kirk. I took Turning Point USA
and I it. I took your
organization. I took your baby Turning
Point USA and I it. But this
means for all of the rumors spread by
farright groups, not only was the
shooter a member of the extreme faright,
but the transgender roommate turned him
in. So Charlie Kirk's family should be
thanking the trans community for their
help here instead of making them out to
be villains in every story line. Before
the alleged shooter was caught,
Republicans like Representative Nancy
Mace were saying that Democrats need to
own this shooting and said that it's
time to bring back the death penalty.
Although, you should know the death
penalty never went away in the United
States and is still very much alive to
this day. But suddenly, when the alleged
shooter turned out to be a Republican,
Nancy Mace was saying, quote, "We know
Charlie Kirk would want us to pray for
such an evil and lost individual like
Tyler Robinson to find Jesus Christ. We
will try to do the same." If it was
truly a Democrat who shot Charlie Kirk,
I guarantee you that Republicans would
still be calling for bloodshed like
Nancy was doing moments before the
alleged shooter was turned into the FBI
by a trans person. Now, hold on a minute
because I know some of you might have
heard conflicting stories from the
Republican governor of Utah. At first,
the governor did a press conference
saying both Republicans and Democrats
have extremists who need to turn down
the rhetoric against each other because
both sides are causing an extremely
dangerous situation. During that press
conference, the governor of Utah, who is
a Republican, by the way, said he was
saddened to find out that the alleged
shooter was one of them. I guess he was
hoping it was a Democrat, but he also
said the shooter was fully cooperating
with the authorities. Immediately after
that press conference, the Republican
governor of Utah got a call from Donald
Trump. The governor then put out a
statement saying that during that call,
Donald Trump reportedly told him to
blame Democrats no matter what evidence
they find, and that Donald Trump was not
worried about Charlie Kirk at all and
was only worried about himself, saying
that it is the most dangerous job in the
world being president. Trump then went
on Fox News and was asked about the
violence committed by both the far-right
and the far-left extremist. Trump
responded saying he did not care about
the far-right political violence because
in his own words, "Violence from the far
right is justified because of how
terrible Democrats are."
>> What do we do about our country with
that? Because we have radicals on the
right as well. We have radicals on the
left. People have gotten are watching
all of these videos and cheering. Some
people are cheering that Charlie was was
killed. How do we fix this country? How
do we come back together?
>> I'll tell you something that's going to
get me in trouble, but I couldn't care
less. The radicals on the right
oftentimes are radical because they
don't want to see crime. They don't want
to see crime.
>> Worried about the border.
>> They're saying, "We don't want these
people coming in. We don't want you
burning our shopping centers. We don't
want you shooting our people in the
middle of the street." The radicals on
the left are the problem, and they're
vicious, and they're horrible, and
they're politically savvy. Although they
want men and women sports, they want
transgender for everyone, they want open
borders.
>> Trump also told Rob Schmidt, who is a
Fox News host, that the alleged shooter
has a transgender girlfriend. While this
relationship has not been confirmed by
the shooter or the supposed girlfriend,
this means Trump just admitted trans
people are valid. See, the roommate was
assigned male at birth and is reportedly
going through social transition to be
accepted as a female. But Donald Trump
just said that they were a girlfriend,
not a boyfriend. So, amid all of this
chaos and hate, Donald Trump just
weirdly accepted a trans person for
their true gender identity. On the same
day, Fox News was on a tirade vilifying
Democrats for pointing out that Charlie
Kirk was not a good person. They were
horrified that the left would mock
Charlie Kirk and not agree with every
hateful thing Charlie ever said. But on
the same day, Fox News host Brian Kilme
said that we should involuntarily murder
homeless people.
>> Or you decide that you're going to be
locked up in jail. That's the way it has
to be now.
>> Or uh involuntary lethal injection or
something. Just kill him.
>> And sure, he apologized later, but he
still has not been fired for calling for
the murder of nearly a million
Americans. Shortly after this phone call
with Donald Trump, the Utah governor
then came out in another press
conference and said the alleged shooter,
Tyler Robinson, was far-left, as left as
left could be. He also said Tyler was
suddenly being uncooperative and
suddenly now the transgender roommate
was hiding things from the
investigation, too. It's weird how
quickly the narrative changed from the
truth backed up by evidence collected by
authorities to whatever the Donald Trump
wanted him to say as a puppet after this
phone call. For all the talk of
Republicans who say Charlie Kirk was a
great man who only wanted to debate
fairly and respectfully, you should know
Charlie did not do any of those things.
He filmed for hours on college campuses,
and anytime he was proven wrong, his
team cut out the footage. Charlie would
quote Bible scripture all the time to
get his points across. And this is a
widely used tactic on the far right.
This way, you can have plausible
deniability, but you can still be
racist, homophobic, or as hateful as you
want to be. Those on your side will know
it's a dog whistle, a wink and a nod
that you agree with them. Those who
oppose you will say that you're hateful
and be made to look crazy because all
you did was quote the Bible. But Charlie
Kirk helped Donald Trump get elected, a
man who's been called America's Hitler
by his own vice president. He helped him
write policies. He helped young children
get brainwashed into thinking Trump was
a good man. And Charlie Kirk was
responsible for a lot of violence before
and after his death. It amazes me how
many far-right Republicans call anyone
who disagrees with them stochcastic
terrorist, which is when you rile up a
crowd of people with hateful comments,
knowing eventually you'll have one
person crazy enough in that pool of
people to do something terrible like
assault or murder the person you're
going after. This means they know what
that means and they constantly do it
themselves. Anyway, some of you might
point out that I made a video last week
condemning political violence on all
sides, but also saying I don't care
about Charlie Kirk. I want to be clear,
he was a terrorist and I truly do not
care about him. That doesn't mean he
deserved what he got and it doesn't mean
we should celebrate it. But it means I
don't care about him at all. But here's
the thing. It doesn't appear that
Charlie Kirk's own team or his family
care either. The day after Charlie Kirk
was murdered, his best friend, Donald
Trump, was at a baseball game dancing
less than 24 hours after his friend was
killed. The convicted felon, Donald
Trump, also said that he cannot make the
memorial service for his best friend,
Charlie Kirk, because he has a golf game
that day that he just cannot miss for
the world. Experts have now said that
Charlie Kirk sustained such severe
injuries that he was likely dead by the
time his body hit the ground. But as
Charlie was being quickly taken into an
SUV to go to a local hospital, his fans
were stealing hats from the table in
front of where Charlie was speaking.
Even though it was now an active crime
scene, and evidence might have been on
those hats. Even Charlie's own film crew
immediately went into the tent, stepping
all over evidence in an active crime
scene and removing a camera that was
placed behind Charlie during the event.
This camera would have been a perfect
angle for the FBI to use to see exactly
where the shot came from. As a camera
expert myself, I can tell you that this
camera was not one of those that you can
remotely control. So, eventually it
would have run out of battery or footage
space on the SD card, but it would have
stopped recording on its own and saved
the file before shutting down. It would
have been incredibly helpful for the FBI
if the team just left it alone. but
instead his film crew stole evidence
from an active crime scene. No one knows
what they want that footage for, but if
they really cared about Charlie, why
would they not just leave an active
crime scene alone for the authorities to
investigate? Why tamper with evidence?
Even his wife then made a video of
Charlie Kirk's body inside of his coffin
on a monetized platform, and Turning
Point USA is now selling merchandise of
the shooting. We have also found over
100 fundraisers on GoFundMe and the
right-wing Give Go, which have raised
millions of dollars for Charlie Kirk's
wife, who at the time of this recording
already has a net worth of over $14
million. They love to blame Democrats,
but Democrats are the ones who helped
find the alleged shooter. We're the ones
who called for the end of political
violence. Sure, some people on both
sides were happy about the incident, but
Democratic leaders condemn the action.
The far-right are the ones who not only
committed this violent act, but then
turned up the violence afterwards with
bomb threats to colleges, a literal bomb
being placed under a news van covering
the press conferences afterwards, and a
bomb threat to the DNC headquarters.
That's not to mention Donald Trump is
continuing to promote violence against
Democrats, threatening to take guns away
from Democrats only, thereby breaking
the Second Amendment of the
Constitution. He's sending the military
after Democratic cities, forcing
governors to lie to the American people
about who is to blame for this violent
act, getting people fired after they
express their constitutional right to
free speech. Even his family and his
organization are monetizing his
death. So, you can blame me all you want
for putting ads on this video, but I'm
not Charlie Kirk's family. I don't care
about Charlie Kirk. His family should
care about him. And if Republicans want
to monetize this as much as they
monetized the alleged assassination
attempt of Donald Trump, then they have
no right to complain when Democrats sell
hats or pins to protest Republican lies.
For the record, we've fact checked every
part of this video and we stand behind
every word. It should come as no
surprise to anyone that as someone
Charlie Kirk has targeted in the past
and wanted to be killed, I did not agree
with Charlie Kirk and never will. He was
a terrorist and sometimes bad people
meet even worse people in life, like in
a bad episode of Dexter. So, it's not
really shocking to learn that while I
don't think he should have been killed,
I don't really care that he's gone
either. What shocks me is his best
friend Donald Trump, his fans, his film
crew, and even his wife don't seem to
care either. They just want to monetize
the out of this situation. Say what you
will about my relationship with my
gorgeous husband. But at least we love
each other. And frankly, after all of
this, I kind of feel bad for Charlie
Kirk that he never got to experience
this kind of love. Love that isn't
monetized and exploited for political
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