Prosecutors Say Tyler Robinson Killed Charlie Kirk over Politics |

 "Fascist is a common derogatory label that those on the left give to those on the right to try and categorize them and group them with the famous evil dictators and fascists of the 20th century.” Eva Terry

David Hitch

National Review  'Tyler Robinson, the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk, will face a trial for all seven charges originally filed against him, District Judge Tony Graf ruled on Tuesday evening.

'Following Graf’s ruling, Robinson’s attorney pleaded not guilty on his behalf on all counts.

The closing arguments in Robinson’s preliminary hearing focused on his alleged political motivation to target Kirk and whether he knowingly created a risk of death to others when he fired a high-powered rifle into the crowd at Utah Valley University last September.

'Utah County Attorney Ryan McBride noted during the hearing that Kirk, the co-founder and CEO of Turning Point USA, was known for “debates and discussion on traditional family values, orthodox Christian views on sexuality, marriage, gender, and sex, as well as other political doctrines.”

''We knew what Charlie Kirk stood for, and those ideas were repugnant to the defendant, who was in a homosexual relationship with a man who was considering transitioning genders,” McBride said. “It doesn’t take a lot to connect the dots.”

'Prosecutors argued throughout the hearing that they have “overwhelming” evidence that Robinson killed Kirk while the conservative activist was speaking at UVU. Lawyers for Robinson have tried to keep the case from going to trial on the charge of aggravated murder, which is punishable by death.' . . .More.

Eva Terry is a William F. Buckley Jr. Fellow in Political Journalism for National Review. She is a graduate of Brigham Young University, where she studied English literature, Korean, and computer science.