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Lance Twiggs is the roommate of the man who murdered Charlie Kirk at a Utah Valley University event. He reportedly is the person who aided the police in the murder probe. Senior FBI officials told Fox News Digital that Robinson and Twiggs were in a “romantic relationship” and shared an apartment in St. George. Those officials […] The post Relative of Charlie Kirk’s Assassin’s Roommate Describes Mr. Twiggs – Updated appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

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No one should think PBS is an oasis of civility. On Friday’s Washington Week with The Atlantic, the liberal gang typically rained fire on conservatives in general and the late Charlie Kirk in particular. No one had a critical word for rhetorical extremism on the left, and there was really no focus on the killer. Moderator Jeffrey Goldberg briefly mentioned the alleged shooter in custody, Tyler Robinson, but claimed "We will try to be responsible here about not overspeculating" about his motives. That was not worth discussing. Peter Baker of The New York Times said Kirk “riled up” people and is a symbol of our “toxic culture.” Now, he said a lot of things that got a lot of people riled up, right? And that was part of his style about race, about gender, about affirmative action and Islam and things like that. But he also enjoyed going to college campuses like the one he was at. Even though he knew an audience there might include people who didn't agree with him, and he liked to mix it up. And he's, you know, become in this last few days, I think, a symbol of the toxic culture that we're in right now, in politics. Not only did Peter Baker talk about Charlie Kirk being a "symbol of the toxic culture," Laura Barron-Lopez said Kirk was "known to make racist statements" and "lobbed a number of attacks on transgender individuals." THIS...IS PBS. They hate and smear conservatives. They have a… pic.twitter.com/cnPEG5PAp9 — Tim Graham (@TimJGraham) September 14, 2025 Laura Barron-Lopez, who just switched teams from PBS to MSNBC (they're awfully similar), trashed and distorted Kirk's views:  The reason that he is seen as a divisive figure, and why the left has had a reaction as well in this is because he has been known to make racist statements, to say that, you know, if he were to see a black pilot, he wouldn't necessarily trust their ability to fly a plane. He has also said that it was a mistake to pass the Civil Rights Act, and has definitely lobbed a number of attacks on transgender individuals. And so there's a lot across the LGBTQ advocacy space who are opposed to him. Barron-Lopez mangled what Kirk actually said about "affirmative action" and black pilots, that picking pilots based on racial quotas causes. He said "If I see a Black pilot, I'm going to be like, 'Boy, I hope he's qualified.'" But he also said: "That's not who I am. That's not what I believe...I'm connecting two dots. Wait a second, this CEO just said that he's forcing that a white qualified guy is not gonna get the job. So I see this guy, he might be a nice person and I say, "Boy, I hope he's not a Harvard-style affirmative-action student that … landed half of his flight-simulator trials...It also… creates unhealthy thinking patterns. I don't wanna think that way. And no one should, right?" Tom Nichols praised Kirk, only to trash the memory of Rush Limbaugh:  Charlie Kirk, I think, kind of patented almost was the ability to do this and seem likable, friendly, open. You know, the people that met him, even people that didn't agree with him said he, you know, he was always polite and so on. You know, he modeled himself early on after Rush Limbaugh, but without Limbaugh's hard edges. I mean, Limbaugh was, you know, caustic constantly. When Goldberg brought up Utah Gov. Spencer Cox’s remarks about turning down the toxicity, Glasser said he’s for “de-polluting our public space,” and “a lot of people are going to agree with that message, but it's not the Republican Party's message.” Spoken like a partisan Democrat. For our colleagues at Free Speech America, Goldberg lamented how social media should be much more aggressively regulated (censored):  GOLDBERG: We're talking about social media as if it's the weather, which is not -- which is we all complain about, but we can't do anything about. But the social media algorithms are controlled by a small number of people who live in the United States, and who makes sure that anger is the product that they're pushing out. And so we're talking -- you know, it's just interesting to me, there's a kind of learned helplessness almost. GLASSER: Yes. No, Jeff, I think it's a really important point. But remember, it's not just in isolation from our politics or from any other aspect in our life. So, it's not as simple as some sort of a technology problem where we can flip a switch. Because who's running the country right now, people who have succeeded in a political environment in which hatred and division is a much more successful way to go. Finally, you have to roll your eyes when this crew started talking about how it's all wrong to call the Left "evil." This exchange underlines how desperately this show could use a dissenting conservative viewpoint:   GOLDBERG: So, there's no doubt that many people on the left have called Charlie Kirk and other people in on the right terrible names, exaggerations. There's also a level of obliviousness to what Donald Trump said. Because people in his own movement, including and especially him, have also used what we would think of in older periods of American politics as outrageous language to talk about adversaries on the left that -- BAKER: He used the word evil even more this time than he did in his first term. I did a search of this in his public speech. He calls Joe Biden evil. He refers to his enemies as communists, as traitors, as treasonous. These are words that are, of course, you know, inflammatory, just as the rhetoric on the left can be inflammatory about conservatives. But in Trump's mind, it's all on one side. GOLDBERG: Right. BAKER: He wants everybody to think this is just about the left wing, have no conversation about his own rhetoric or the rhetoric of the people who support him. NICHOLS:  Right into the memory hole, the president's statement, as he gave that statement, as if he has never called his opponents vermin, human scum, really, you know, violent imagery and language, even right after this thing, you know, we have to find these people and, you know, do them harm basically. And it is remarkable the degree to which the president kind of just waves a hand and says all of those things, that's just political rhetoric. What the left does is extremely dangerous and evil and so on. And -- BAKER: And if you press stop him from saying it or his people, then you are canceling it, right? That's censorship. But the other side, obviously -- GLASSER: And that's where I think we have to wonder whether this marks not just rhetoric from Donald Trump, and those were some striking words he used the other night, but I was really struck by his vow to go after organizations and groups that were supporting this. First of all, he talked about this being the radical left. That's the term he uses for the Democratic Party, which, in essence, is saying that the Democratic -- GOLDBERG: So, this before we know anything about the suspect. GLASSER: Right. So, he's blaming, in effect, the Democratic Party for this killing without even having a suspect. But more importantly, it strikes me that Trump and a number of very influential MAGA figures have been out there calling for activities to investigate and defund the left, to go after their organizations, to use the government against basically the political opposition in a much more concerted, full-throated way. And are they going to take the moment of this tragedy and turn that into a government campaign against the political opposition? That's the implication of what Trump was saying. We don't know if he'll follow through. GOLDBERG: It seems like what we're seeing is the beginning of two streams of thought, a Spencer Cox kind of idea, which everybody needs to calm down, and Donald Trump saying, the problem is on the left. And, obviously, the weight in the Republican Party right now is more on the Trump side.

ABC’s Martha Raddatz had a weird Sunday while sitting in the host chair on ABC’s This Week. She spent most of it attempting to elicit her mostly conservative guests to condemn in some way, shape, or form President Donald Trump’s remarks wherein he accused the “Radical Left” of the assassination of TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk. And she whiffed. Watch as Raddatz begins her Expedition of Condemnation with Utah Governor Spencer Cox: embed MARTHA RADDATZ: And Governor, just lastly, you immediately talked about Democrats who had already been targeted. President Trump said nothing about the political violence against Democrats. In fact, he blamed the radical left. What's your reaction to that? Is that something you think he should be doing? SPENCER COX: Look, President Trump is very angry. And Charlie is his close personal friend. There is a lot of anger on the right, on my side of the aisle. And I’ve certainly felt that. In this case, it does appear that that's true. Again, more- more information is coming and we’ll learn more over time. I don't know that that matters as much as the radicalization piece. I brought up the Democrats who were assassinated recently and how quickly we move on from these things, but the body count is piling up. And so, I'm so concerned about this radicalization piece. And that's what we are trying to understand. Again, this person made a choice. And it was this person's choice and this person will be held responsible. And we have to make different choices. And we also have to figure out how it came to be that a kid with a 4.0, with 34 on the ACT, with a full ride scholarship at my alma mater, who didn't even last a semester, drops out and ends up doing something like this. We need to understand that and we need to figure out how to stop it.  Of course, President Trump DID, in the past, address the murder of Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman. But that fact is inconvenient to the partisan factual basis that Raddatz is trying to establish and for which she is eliciting condemnation from her guests. Cox sees through all of that and reminds everyone that, contrary to the media’s wishes, the true villain of the shooting remains the shooter. Moving on, Raddatz tried to get Colorado Governor Jared Polis, a Democrat, to condemn Trump: with similar results. Embed polis RADDATZ: You heard Governor Cox. He did not- clearly did not want to criticize President Trump at this time. And Charlie Kirk was a good friend of President Trump and his family. But he has pointed the finger at what he calls the radical left. Is that the message you believe he should be putting out? JARED POLIS: Look, as Governor Cox said, the president was close friends with Charlie Kirk. And of course, to all of Charlie's friends and family, including the president, I extend my sincere condolences. This is about the acts of an individual. The inexcusable, evil acts of an individual. And there have been more of those in different places at different times. The assassination of the speaker of the Minnesota Assembly. The shooting here in Colorado. Whatever motivates these acts, the fault and the responsibility lie with the perpetrator. And I hope that he is brought to justice and faces full accountability for his crime. Same question, same result. Raddatz posed the bait question and the guest refused to take the bait. In this case, the Democrat guest who had sense enough to recognize the gravity of the moment and governed himself accordingly. Shortly thereafter, Raddatz convened a panel of College Republicans, the demographic most directly impacted by Kirk’s work. Raddatz proceeded to queue up the condemnation question, only to be rebuffed by the head of the CRs at George Washington University: Embed cr RADDATZ: You obviously saw who was arrested. You’ve heard the president say he blames radical left- and basically blaming the Democrats. We’ve had a lot of political violence in this country. Assassination attempts on President Trump. The killing of a Minnesota state lawmaker. Who do you blame? KIERAN LAFFEY: Look, I think after tragedies, it's very easy to play the blame game. And that's not something I want to participate in. I think, holistically, condemning political violence is what has to be happening right now. From either side. Finally, Raddatz turned to Utah’s junior U.S. Senator, John Curtis. She went 0-for-4. Embed john curtis RADDATZ: I know a lot of people, certainly a lot of Republicans, a lot of people are listening to President Trump. And you’ve heard me talk about it earlier in the show. But several Republican lawmakers, prominent conservatives, including President Trump's sons Don, Jr. and Eric, as well as President Trump, have blamed this on the radical left. Is that the right thing to do? Or what do you wish he was saying? JOHN CURTIS: So if it were up to me, I think you need to take the word “radical" and remove “right” or “left" and radical, coming from any direction, is not good. It's not healthy. And it should be called out. And that's my mission is to say, look, this to me, this is not right. This is not left. We’re talking about radicals. And that’s where we need to put our attention. That’s four different guests, four different times, four different perspectives on the ramifications of the assassination of Charlie Kirk- a watershed moment in American history the ramifications of which are yet to be determined. Raddatz instead chooses to focus on self-serving narrative.