Online Speculation Attempts to Link Charlie Kirk's Shooter with Groypers, Alt-Right Ideology

Groypers, social media and the continued fracturing of the far-right

Days after conservative influencer and activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed in broad daylight while speaking at a Utah university, questions still remain about his killer's motive for targeting the Turning Point USA co-founder and president. Tyler Robinson, the alleged gunman who is in federal custody for killing Kirk, has reportedly been uncooperative with investigators trying to piece together what happened leading up to the high-profile …

Media Seeks to Link Nick Fuentes, Groypers to Charlie Kirk Shooter – Evidence Be Damned

by Chris Menahan, Information Liberation: The Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and Reuters on Saturday all tried to link Nick Fuentes and Groypers to the Charlie Kirk shooter on the flimsiest of pretexts — all while the authorities were insisting the alleged gunman was “deeply indoctrinated with leftist ideology.” The WSJ and NYT […]

CNN Host Raises Wild Theory About Alleged Charlie Kirk Shooter

CNN anchor Abby Phillip asked correspondent Elle Reeve whether alleged Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson could be a "groyper."

Groypers: the alt-right group pulled into the foreground

While investigators have yet to uncover and confirm the motives behind the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, at least one group, known as Groypers, has been thrust into the limelight in the aftermath of his death. The alt-right network consistently criticized Kirk’s Turning Point USA but has denied involvement in the murder. Despite this, the suspect’s alleged ties to Groypers have led to a closer eye on them.Who are the Groypers? T…

MTG blasts GOP for failing to use its power and demands 'national divorce' from the left

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is calling for a national breakup over Charlie Kirk's murder, still linking his death to "the left." The shooter of Kirk may have been from a MAGA family, loved guns and fringe groyper Nick Fuentes, but the right has concluded that going to college in Utah indoctrinated him into a liberal. Kirk's accused shooter may have been from a MAGA family, had an interest in guns and Nick Fuentes, but some on the right ha…

Why understanding the Charlie Kirk shooting suspect may be harder than we thought

‘Irony poisoning’ and competition to be the smartest and least sincere person online means we might never really know the substantive ideology behind the killing, writes Andrew Griffin