Why are we still debating what motivated Tyler Robinson? The evidence has been clear from the start—he was radicalized by left-wing hate. Yet the media continues to muddy the waters, pretending his motives are a mystery or, worse, trying to pin him on the right. In the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the left rushed to push the false claim that Robinson was a conservative or even a Groyper. We’re now closing in on one week since the assassination, and yet the left isn’t letting up on their disinformation campaign.
CNN’s latest installment of The Arena illustrated this perfectly, as the panel spiraled into a heated debate over Robinson’s motives. What made the exchange remarkable wasn’t the facts—those are crystal clear—but the media’s stubborn refusal to acknowledge them, even when confronted with evidence that Robinson was a radicalized leftist.
Scott Jennings read aloud the shooter’s own words: “Why did I do it? I had enough of his hatred.” Jennings explained that this was the message Robinson sent to his roommate. Even more chilling, Jennings revealed, “He also engraved the word, ‘Hey fascist, catch,’ on the bullet.”
Jennings pointed out that this wasn’t some incoherent rambling: “All I know is what the prosecutor said today. He read very lucid messages from a shooter who was motivated by political hate…. He did not sound like a deranged person. He sounded like someone who had decided to take it upon himself to rid the world of someone that he hated politically.”
Yet Kate Bedingfield, Biden’s former White House communications director, pushed back, arguing that Robinson was just a “sick individual” and that it was dangerous to assign political blame. She tried to equate Robinson’s act with other cases of violence involving supposed Trump supporters, only to be cut off by Jennings: “Are you trying to equate these two things? I’m sorry.”
Jennings drove home the central point: “For 10 years, we have heard nothing from the left but that Donald Trump is a fascist, Republicans are Nazis, authoritarians, destroy the Constitution…. It’s on the bullet casing.”
The disconnect on display was staggering. One side acknowledged Robinson’s radicalization by left-wing rhetoric. The other side twisted itself into knots to deny what was staring everyone in the face.
WOW! @ScottJenningsKY just DECIMATED an entire CNN panel.
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) September 16, 2025
"For 10 years, we have heard NOTHING from the left but that Donald Trump is a fascist. Republicans are nazis. Authoritarians destroy the Constitution. Bloodbath... dictator for a day."
They HATE the truth Scott brings. pic.twitter.com/Ro3WqlC36C
This exchange makes it painfully obvious where the media narrative is headed. Legacy outlets like CNN will keep muddying the waters, pretending Robinson’s motives are still in question, and—if history is any guide—eventually try to pin him as a conservative. But the facts are written in his own words and literally engraved on the bullet.
This story isn’t just what Tyler Robinson did—it’s how the media is still bending over backward to hide the truth. CNN and other legacy outlets are treating his motives like some unsolvable mystery, when in reality they’re staring us in the face. Robinson wasn’t a confused loner or a politically neutral “sick individual.”
Left-wing hate radicalized him, and his own words prove it. Yet the media keeps running interference, soft-pedaling leftist violence while spinning any connection to the right into a national crisis.
If Americans are going to confront the reality of political violence, it has to start with honesty. Robinson’s radicalization isn’t speculation—it’s documented fact. Ignoring it doesn’t make the problem disappear; it emboldens leftist extremists and endangers more lives. The left’s narrative machine will keep spinning, but the truth is written on that bullet casing, and it cannot be erased.
