So here’s a headline you probably thought you’d never read: ABC News is calling the love notes of an accused assassin “very touching.”
Yes, really. Matt Gutman, a senior reporter at ABC, went live on national television to describe the text messages Tyler Robinson allegedly sent to his transgender boyfriend after murdering Charlie Kirk. And instead of treating the messages for what they were — incriminating evidence — he waxed poetic about the “intimate portrait” they revealed.
Let’s pause here. Charlie Kirk, a husband, a father, a conservative leader, was shot dead in front of hundreds of students. Children were in the audience. Bullet casings were left behind with taunts scratched into them, including “Hey fascist! Catch!” and “Bella Ciao,” a socialist war anthem. Prosecutors said Robinson had been plotting for weeks.
But somehow the focus of ABC’s coverage wasn’t on the radicalization. Not on the political motive. Not even on the fact that a conservative activist was gunned down on U.S. soil in an ideologically driven assassination. No, the story became about how sweet it was that Robinson texted his boyfriend, “My love, I did this to protect you.”
Gutman actually called it “heartbreaking” and “touching.” Twice.
It wasn’t a slip of the tongue. He doubled down on air. He talked about the “duality” of a man who could open fire on an American citizen in broad daylight and yet still type out affectionate messages to his partner. He even brought up Robinson’s ACT score, as if a 34 out of 36 somehow offsets murder. A 4.0 GPA was tossed into the segment too, like it mattered.
This is where we are. The media treats the murderer like a misunderstood protagonist in some tragic novel, while the victim — a conservative voice — becomes a footnote. Can you imagine if the roles were reversed? If a conservative had killed a progressive activist and Fox News gushed about the killer’s GPA and “touching” texts to his girlfriend? The outrage would shake the rafters. Heads would roll by sundown.
But because Charlie Kirk was the victim, we get this: a national reporter romanticizing the killer’s love life.
Let’s be clear: these weren’t Shakespearean sonnets. They were the words of a man who allegedly pulled the trigger on an unarmed speaker because he didn’t like his politics. They were also words asking his boyfriend to delete evidence and avoid the cops. That’s not “touching.” That’s obstruction of justice.
Yet ABC thought the angle worth selling to America was the killer’s tender side.
DISGUSTING: ABC’s Matt Gutman says he’s not sure “if we have seen an alleged murder with such specific text messages” that were “very touching, in a way, that I think many of us didn’t expect — a very intimate portrait into this relationship between the suspect’s roommate and the… pic.twitter.com/ulPcxoOwM3
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) September 16, 2025
Think about the message that sends. To Robinson’s supporters online — yes, they exist — it validates the idea that he’s not a monster, just a tragic figure acting out of love. To the unstable and angry watching from the sidelines, it whispers that violence can be repackaged as virtue. And to the families of conservatives across the country, it signals that if one of ours is gunned down, don’t expect the press to focus on justice. Expect them to humanize the killer.
Matt Gutman @mattgutmanABC of ABC News @ABC on the messages between Charlie Kirk’s assassin and his tranny lover.
He found them “very touching, in a way, that I think many of us didn’t expect.”
You don’t hate the media enough.
He and ABC News are tagged here. Let them know… pic.twitter.com/dAHhwSslfw— ⚜️💎👑 Queen Katerina 👑💎⚜️ (@QueenDarbyy) September 16, 2025
Charlie Kirk’s murder was already a national tragedy. ABC’s coverage just made it worse.
Because the only thing “touching” about this story is the way it reveals, yet again, that the media’s compassion always depends on the politics of the victim. And if you’re on the right, don’t hold your breath. You’re not getting any.
