Shocking! Utah Governor’s remark, ‘Was praying murderer was from another country,’ on Charlie Kirk’s killing goes viral
Utah Governor Spencer J Cox expressed disappointment over the murder of Charlie Kirk by local resident Tyler Robinson. Cox noted that had the suspect been from elsewhere, it might have been easier to address the tragedy.
UTAH Governor Spencer J Cox expressed disappointment when he found out that Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk's murderer was 22-year-old Tyler Robinson was a local resident.
His remark on Charlie Kirk’s killing has gone viral. He said that had the accused been from another state or from another country, it would have been easier for them to give a response to the public over the killing.
Tyler Robinson, the suspect behind conservative activist's death, had scored in the top percentile on his college entrance exam and earned himself a four-year scholarship to Utah State University in Logan.
Governor of Utah said, "For the 33 hours, I was praying that if this had happened here, it wouldn't be one of us (who murdered Charlie Kirk), somebody there from another state, somebody came from another country. It's sad that the prayer was not answered the way I hoped for.
He added, “Just because I thought it would make it easier on us if we could just say we don't do that here. Indeed, Utah is a special place. We are the nation in cheerful giving, we are the nation in service every year. But it did happen here.”
The 31-year-old MAGA supporter and controversial figure was shot by a single bullet while addressing a large crowd at Utah Valley University in the town of Orem on Wednesday, September 10. The assassin was a young man from a Republican family in St George, a staunchly conservative city located south of Orem. The accused Tyler Robinson, who was in the third year of an electrician apprenticeship, was arrested in Washington County, located south of Salt Lake City.
Cox citied assistance from the suspect's family in catching the culprit and said, “On the evening of September 11th, a family member of Tyler Robinson reached out to a family friend, who contacted the Washington County sheriff's office with information that Robinson had confessed to them or implied that he had committed the incident,” AFP reported.
According to Robinson's family, Tyler Robinson had become "more political in recent years" and had expressed criticism of Kirk, AP reported.
