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Posted on 09/16/2025 10:59:10 AM PDT by Red Badger
Heather Cox Richardson, a center-left historian with the biggest following out of any individual on Substack, spread an appalling lie about Charlie Kirk’s assassin in a post published Sunday.
Richardson has over 2.6 million subscribers to her Substack, a newsletter presumably read by scores of center-left, ‘normie’ liberals. She is a history professor at Boston College, has interviewed former President Joe Biden, and is planning to interview with The Bulwark. By no means is she a fringe figure, nor is she, at least on the surface, a radical; if anything, she is someone who would be welcomed on a show like “Morning Joe.” Yet, on Sunday, Richardson spread the baseless claim that Kirk’s suspected assassin, Tyler Robinson, is somehow conservative and that he disliked Kirk because he was not right-wing enough.
“In fact, the alleged shooter was not someone on the left. The alleged killer, Tyler Robinson, is a young white man from a Republican, gun enthusiast family, who appears to have embraced the far right, disliking Kirk for being insufficiently radical,” Richardson falsely claimed.
“Rather than grappling with reality,” she went on to say, “right-wing figures are using Kirk’s murder to prop up their fictional world. Briefly, they claimed Robinson had been ‘radicalized’ in college. Then, when it turned out he had spent only a single semester at a liberal arts college before going to trade school, MAGA pivoted to attack those who allegedly had celebrated Kirk’s death on social media.”
Disturbingly, a new YouGov poll shows that a substantial portion of Americans believe that Robinson is affiliated with the Republican Party, though Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and federal officials have confirmed he was influenced by leftist ideology. Even one of the bullets recovered by authorities read, “Hey Fascist! Catch!”
24% percent of Americans believe Charlie Kirk’s shooter, Tyler Robinson, was a Republican, compared to 21% who think he was a Democrat, according to a new YouGov poll.
This comes after a concerted media effort across Facebook, Reddit, and X, amplified by Bill Maher and outlets… pic.twitter.com/1WaJtmpHGg
— AF Post (@AFpost) September 15, 2025
The poll found that 24% of adults incorrectly think Robinson is not liberal, while 21% of respondents identified him as a Democrat. Fifteen percent of respondents were unsure of either label, and 40% remained uncertain about his political leanings.
Further complicating perceptions, Robinson’s family had noted an increase in his political activism and hostility in recent years. He also lived with Lance Twiggs, his trans-identifying boyfriend, who “despises conservatives and Christians,” according to a family member who spoke with Fox News.
Richardson makes no mention of these details in her story, which is alarming, considering her reach and audience size. If she were an anonymous left-winger spewing conspiracies on Reddit, that would be one thing. But she is the single most popular individual writing on Substack, yet has a crucial piece of information about the killer’s background completely flipped on its head.
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“Rather than grappling with reality,” she went on to say
Talk about projection!
You’re about to become very famous Heather. You may find it wasn’t exactly what you wanted though.
They know what they proclaim is easy to disprove, but they still tell the lies. Totally delusional.
Heather doing a lot of fishing to pass off the balme.
Ego damaged
No surprise since the foundations of the left are lies. Let us no longer be shocked when they blatantly lie.
Career credibility flushed.................
They are arguing if he was left or right, republican or democrat. It seems if his major position should be obvious, what with him shacking up with a tranny and being part of the “furry” cult. Allegedly, of course.
So we are supposed to believe, that this dude is so extremely conservative, that by comparison, he thought Charlie Kirk was too liberal.
And then because of that, his hatred of Charlie as too liberal, caused him to pick up a gun.
Does anyone here think this makes any sense?
“They know what they proclaim is easy to disprove, but they still tell the lies. Totally delusional.”
The lies make the biggest impact when first told. The intended audience is totally incapable of critical thinking and accepts the lie as fact. The media will only amplify the lie without scrutiny.
When the lie is proven to be a lie, the audience will dismiss the truth because they trust the source of the lie.
All too easy.
He shot someone he didn't agree with. That's about as illiberal as you get. He's leftist.
This is why we all need to be Charlie Kirk. Get out into public spaces or non-conservative online forums and speak up 10X. Gather facts, source them, and hammer them home against the nonsense and lies. Point out how nonsensical the lies are and how foolish it is to believe them. Keep opening eyes.
The Kirk Estate should sue her into penury!
The right is proclaiming “Je suis Charlie”. Anyone on the left want to claim him? Enough said.
It’s Liberal Logic.
Say the stupidest things you can think of an dthe Base will believe it...............
This is what FR’s own “babble-on” has stated.
The kid is a Groyper. He dressed as Pepe the Frog for Halloween. This was a right winger killing a right winger for not being right wing enough.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4340066/posts?page=13#13
“By no means is she a fringe figure, nor is she, at least on the surface, a radical; if anything, she is someone who would be welcomed on a show like ‘Morning Joe.’”
What is Loftus smoking? If she were welcome on Morning Schmo, she’s a left-wing nutjob.
or as someone else here on FR has noted who is celebrating his death?
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