ABC News Reporter Says With Straight Face Texts Between Kirk’s Alleged Assassin, Trans Boyfriend Were ‘Touching’

ABC News reporter Matt Gutman said on Tuesday that the text messages between Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin and his transgender boyfriend were “touching.”

Utah County Attorney Jeffrey Gray announced the charges against the assassin, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, and outlined several pieces of crucial evidence against the suspect, including his text messages with his trans-identifying boyfriend, Lance Twiggs. Following the announcement, Gutman appeared to be deeply touched by the text messages that showed Robinson telling Twiggs that he wanted to protect him.

“I don’t think I’ve ever experienced a press conference 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,” Gutman said. “With the suspect reaching out to his roommate, who is allegedly his boyfriend, who we understand identified as male at birth and now identifies as female. 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.’ 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 here,” Gutman continued.

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Authorities obtained text messages in which Robinson confessed to Twiggs that he committed the assassination and planned to turn himself in. When Triggs asked why Robinson committed the murder, the alleged assassin responded that he “had enough of hatred” and that “some hate can’t be negotiated.”