So it turns out that there WERE engravings on the ammunition used to assassinate Charlie Kirk, Utah governor Spencer Cox confirmed today, and there is a suspect in custody. His name is Tyler Robinson. I’ve seen a lot of posts claiming he is a Republican, but that’s just a rumor as far as I can tell. His family, from everything I’ve seen thus far, is.
Regarding the inscriptions themselves, the first and the last message are memes. The second and third are antifascist-related. “Bella Ciao” is an Italian anti-fascist folk song.
So no, he isn’t a Republican. But beyond his very apparent hatred for Charlie Kirk and usage of “Bella Ciao” and “hey, fascist, catch”, there isn’t much evidence suggesting he’s a leftist, either, on socials, in voter records, or otherwise.
Nonetheless, as I said in yesterday’s post, if you are a leftist, please stay safe out here. Right wingers have started putting up websites to doxx, harass, and threaten people allegedly “celebrating political violence”, most notably the site charliesmurderers(dot)com. I don’t want to link to the site directly in order to avoid being harassed or anyone else being harassed by association. We all deal with enough without having to deal with right wingers targeting us.
Stay tuned for more updates. I will keep following this.
-Allēna
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