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From the guardian
5h ago 16.05 EDT
Suspect's high school classmate says Robinson was the only 'leftist' in a family of 'very hard' Republicans
Anna Betts
In a phone interview on Friday, someone who said they were friends with Robinson in high school, who wanted to remain anonymous, said that the suspect was "pretty left on everything" and was "the only member of his family that was really leftist".
"The rest of his family was very hard Republican," the friend said.
Around sophomore year, the friend said, Robinson became more extreme in his political views and would "always just be ranting and arguing about them".
The friend said that they played video games together a lot in high school and noted that the bullet engraving with the arrows was a reference to Helldivers 2 - which we mentioned earlier. He said that the arrows specifically were in reference to "calling in a big bomb that exists" in the game "called the 500 kilogram".
When the friend saw the news on Friday, he said that he was shocked. "I knew he [Robinson] had strong political views, but I never thought it would even go near that far."
The friend said that he has not spoken to Robinson in years and began to drift apart toward the end of high school. Another high school classmate separately told the Guardian that the friend and Robinson were close in school and would play video games.
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Suspect's high school classmate says Robinson was the only 'leftist' in a family of 'very hard' Republicans
Oh no. Assuming this is confirmed, meet the GOP's new talking point, and the justification for all further demonization of "radical left lunatics". ☹️
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Yep. And Dope will be swingin his wazoo around the forum, talking antifa, assassination culture, etc., etc., etc. Still would like to know what his motives were from him. Back to fixing the bathroom. :)
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Lambo:
In a phone interview on Friday, someone who said they were friends with Robinson in high school, who wanted to remain anonymous, said that the suspect was "pretty left on everything" and was "the only member of his family that was really leftist".His grandmother said, nope, they were all MAGA:
"'My son, his dad, is a Republican for Trump ... Most of my family members are Republican. I don’t know any single one who’s a Democrat.'"
https://www.thedailybeast.com/charlie-kirk-suspect...
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Lambo: In a phone interview on Friday, someone who said they were friends with Robinson in high school, who wanted to remain anonymous, said that the suspect was "pretty left on everything" and was "the only member of his family that was really leftist".
Commonone replies:
His grandmother said, nope, they were all MAGA: "'My son, his dad, is a Republican for Trump ... Most of my family members are Republican. I don’t know any single one who’s a Democrat.'"
Both could be correct, with the difference being- the passage of at least four years.
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First, that's the Guardian, not me.
I read what she said before I posted that, and she never said "nope", and I don't think she was responding to the friend's statements.
I would point out that the friend knew him as a sophomore in HS, so it's been years, and a lot can happen. This is what's being played up on some sites by the RW. My job is just to wait and read. ;P
