An ABC News correspondent is getting panned for his bizarre empathetic and gushing interpretation of the text messages between accused Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson and his transgender partner which were revealed Tuesday.
Reporter Matt Gutman breathlessly reported from the Kirk assassination press conference in Utah Tuesday — presenting the deranged killer’s apparent confessional texts as “intimate,” “fulsome,” and “very touching.”
“But, also, it was very touching in a way that many of us didn’t expect,” Gutman stated without coercion of the texts sent just hours after Kirk was killed on Sept. 10.
“A very intimate portrait into this relationship between the suspect’s roommate and the suspect himself, with him repeatedly calling his roommate, who is transitioning, calling him ‘my love.’ And ‘I want to protect you, my love,” the apparently emotionally moved reporter said.
“So, it was this duality of someone who the attorney said not only jeopardized the life of Charlie Kirk and the crowd, but was doing it in front of children, which is one of the aggravating circumstances of this case.”
“And then, on the other hand, he was, you know, speaking so lovingly about his partner. So a very interesting, riveting press conference,” Gutman concluded in his eyebrow raising commentary.
In an ABC livestream platform following his initial comments, Gutman doubled down on the tone-deaf line of interpretation that seemingly glorified Kirk’s alleged assassin.
“I don’t think I ever experienced a press conference in which we’ve read text messages that are A – so fulsome, so robust, so apparently allegedly self-incriminating and yet, on the other hand, so touching, right?” Gutman grasped.
“And the terminology he used, he was trying to protect him. He kept calling him ‘my love.’ ‘My reason for doing this is to protect you,’ you know, but also asking him to delete the messages and not speak to law enforcement. So, there’s this heartbreaking duality that we’re seeing very tragically playing out.”
The ABC newsman was quickly, and roundly, blasted by internet users who were aghast at not just his words, but his sympathetic tone.
“Wtaf,” Post columnist Karol Markowicz reacted on X.
“Legacy media in all its glory,” Florida Governor Ron DeSantis wrote on the app formerly known as Twitter.
“Wait, what???” Sen. Jim Banks, R-Ind., exclaimed on his personal use account.
“Fundamentally, irredeemably, broken,” Fox News host Will Cain tweeted.
“Is everyone @ABC out of their minds?!” conservative talking head Meghan McCain cried.
Many others across X called for ABC News to fire Gutman for his out-of-bounds on-air comments with several tweets calling for his dismissal amassing thousands of likes.
ABC News did not respond to The Post’s request for comment by the time of publication.
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Chilling Text Messages Between Tyler Robinson and His Transgender Lover Lance Twiggs Moments After Kirk Assassination… ABC Says Texts Are “Touching”
Utah authorities on Tuesday released the text exchange between Tyler Robinson and his transgender lover Lance Twiggs sent shortly after Kirk’s assassination.
Utah County District Attorney Jeff Gray announced seven charges against Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson. They will also be seeking the death penalty.
Robinson was charged with:
– Count 1: Aggravated murder (capital offense)
– Count 2: Felony reckless discharge of a firearm causing bodily injury
– Count 3: Felony obstruction of justice for hiding the firearm
– Count 4: Felony obstruction of justice for discarding the clothing he wore during the shooting
– Count 5: Witness tampering for asking roommate to delete incriminating messages
– Count 6: Witness temperating for demanding trans roommate stay silent, and not speak to police
– Count 7: Commission of a violent offense in the presence of a child
Tyler Robinson, 22, was taken into custody last Friday for assassinating TPUSA founder and conservative political activist Charlie Kirk during an event at Utah Valley University.
Robinson will be held without bail.
“I am filing a notice of intent to seek the death penalty. I do not take this decision lightly, and it is a decision I have made… based solely on the available evidence and circumstances and nature of the crime,” Utah County District Attorney Jeff Gray said during a press conference.
Jeff Gray released the chilling texts between Tyler Robinson and his “love” Lance Twiggs.
Read the text exchange here:
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WATCH: Jimmy Kimmel Advances Blatant Lie That Kirk Assassin Was ‘MAGA’
ABC late night host Jimmy Kimmel is under fire for advancing a blatantly untrue, malicious lie that Tyler Robinson, the gunman accused of killing prominent conservative activist Charlie Kirk, is a “MAGA” supporter.
“We had some new lows over the weekend, with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them, and doing everything they can to score political points from it,” Kimmel stated without any evidence to support the alleged gunman’s “MAGA” views.
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