The Left, The Right, & Even Chat GPT Agree That the Text Messages Between Charlie Kirk's Killer & His Partner Seem Fake

Since prosecutors released text exchanges between Charlie Kirk's alleged assassin, Tyler Robinson, and his reported roommate and partner, Lance Twiggs, social media has exploded with skepticism across the political spectrum. From far-right figures like Candace Owens and Steve Bannon, to socialist Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, the online political world seems to have united in their skepticism.

According to court filings and media reports, the texts allegedly show Robinson confessing to Twiggs about planning the assassination more than a week in advance. Robinson reportedly expressed panic after the shooting, saying he feared losing his grandfather's scoped .30-06 rifle would allow police to trace him. He also pleaded with Twiggs to delete their conversations and stay away from the press.

One message read, "I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk and I'm going to take it," which Twiggs supposedly found on a note hidden under a keyboard. Another text reportedly stated, "You are all I worry about, love."

But while the logs have been framed by prosecutors as evidence of intent, users across platforms like X, formerly Twitter, expressed doubts. Many have described the language of the messages as "unnatural" and "scripted," with some suggesting that the words appeared to be written with the knowledge they would eventually be scrutinized in court.

X user @Imposter_Edits felt that "they expect us to believe a 20-year-old internet kid speaks like a romantic novelist via text message." Comedian and professional screenwriter Jay Black (@jayblackisfunny on X) also weighed in, calling "The dialog [sic] in that supposed Tyler Robinson 'text message exchange'" "terrible. And, keep in mind, I write *Lifetime movies*."

Others openly speculated that the texts may have been "doctored" or fabricated altogether. Kirk's former co-worker and friend, Candace Owens, has said explicitly, "the texts are fake" on her YouTube channel. Owens has been raising concerns about the official narrative of Kirk's assassination since the day it happened, calling it "an organized hit" on social media.

Media executive and former White House chief strategist under the first Trump administration, Steve Bannon, commented that he's "not buying these text messages... It seems too much like a script. Actually, a bad script."

On the opposite side of the political spectrum, socialist commentator and professional Twitch streamer Hasan Piker (@hasanthehun on X) added his two cents. In response to conservative commentator Matt Walsh (also questioning the text logs), he pointed out the split within the MAGA movement regarding the narrative of the murder and expressed skepticism in the messages as well.

He wrote, "half the right thinks the messages are fake because it doesn't implicate the trans person, the other half think the shooter is a patsy cus it was israel that killed charlie kirk i will say the text messages are too perfectly plugging holes for the investigators. unnatural."

X user @EvanAKilgore, a self-described "American Nationalist," has gone a step further and asked the generative AI ChatGPT for its opinion on the text messages. The chatbot responded that while it is theoretically possible that the chat logs are real, it's "very unlikely because of how detailed, staged, and incriminating it is."