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WASHINGTON \u2014 Vice President JD Vance says there is \u201cclear evidence\u201d that 23-year-old accused assassin Tyler Robinson killed Charlie Kirk, he shared in an interview with The Daily Wire, but that he is \u201calways going to wonder\u201d who radicalized his friend\u2019s killer.<\/p>

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The vice president shared that he managed to follow parts of Utah hearing for Robinson, though not all of it, and he told The Daily Wire that \u201cthe evidence against Robinson is just really, really compelling.\u201d In a wide ranging interview as the hearing concluded on Friday, Vance put a rest to the notion that he believes the viral conspiracy theories about Kirk\u2019s death, stating firmly that Robinson killed his friend.<\/p>

\u201cDo I think Tyler Robinson pulled the trigger and killed Charlie Kirk? Absolutely,\u201d Vance said. \u201cI think the evidence is clear on that.\u201c<\/p>

Throughout the past week, prosecutors spent days revealing surveillance footage, forensic evidence, an alleged confession note, and testimony from Robinson\u2019s ex-roommate and transgender lover Lance Twiggs, as well as Robinson\u2019s parents. Vance and Kirk were close friends, and Vance has spoken openly about the role Kirk played in convincing President Donald Trump to choose him as his vice president.<\/p>

Vance addressed claims in an upcoming book from New York Times<\/i> journalists Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman, who report that Vance\u2019s \u201cinstincts told him that there was a larger plot behind\u201d Kirk\u2019s murder in the days following Kirk\u2019s death. Swan and Haberman wrote that Vance \u201cwent down countless online rabbit holes, becoming so consumed by the videos and the theories that his wife, Usha, told him she was worried about him.\u201d<\/p>

The vice president emphasized that the aspect of Kirk\u2019s death that will always haunt him is the possibility that other individuals were involved in radicalizing Robinson.<\/p>

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\u201cDo I think that Tyler Robinson is part of a broader network of left wing radicals who have fomented and encouraged violence? Absolutely. Do I know that they communicated with Tyler Robinson before the shooting? No, I don\u2019t have evidence for that.\u201d<\/p>

\u201cI\u2019m always going to wonder,\u201d Vance said. \u201cI\u2019m always going to wonder what was said and how many contacts he had beforehand. By the way, it doesn\u2019t mean that [Robinson\u2019s] any less guilty. But do I wonder if there are other people who are more directly involved in Charlie\u2019s murder? Absolutely, because I don\u2019t think that it\u2019s possible for a young man to get radicalized like that without somebody encouraging him, whether informally or formally.\u201d<\/p>

\u201cI think there are a lot of people with blood on their hands in the case of Charlie Kirk, but of course, the person most directly who has blood on their hands is Tyler Robinson,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>

\u201cThe truth is that Charlie is dead because a bunch of left-wing radicals have preached a message that it\u2019s okay to kill people you disagree with, and unfortunately, for my friend and and importantly for his family, there\u2019s at least one guy in Utah who took that message to heart and and and murdered a young innocent father,\u201d Vance said. \u201cThe worst part about all of this is not my my personal grief, as much as that\u2019s very real, and the country\u2019s loss, but the fact that I know that Erika and two little kids are going to grow up without their husband and father.\u201d<\/p>

Vance says his hope is that what transpired last September causes leftists to reconsider the violent rhetoric that they too often unleash against political opponents.<\/p>

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\u201cIf I was on the left, whatever the ideas that I had about politics and policy, if I saw that the result of some of the violence that I pushed is the death of Charlie Kirk, I would think twice about what I said and what beliefs led me to advocate for violence against people,\u201d he added. \u201cBecause way too many leftists have advocated for violence for too long in our country, and it\u2019s had real consequences.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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During the court proceedings this week, the prosecution played an interview with Robinson\u2019s ex-roommate and lover Lance Twiggs, showing some of their text exchanges about the murder. Twiggs revealed to the court that Robinson cried at their apartment after he shot and killed Kirk and said he wished \u201che hadn\u2019t done it.\u201d<\/p>

Vance said he had seen this report, calling it \u201cvery compelling evidence for a court of law.\u201d<\/p>

He sighed as he added:\u00a0\u201cIn all Christians, if we\u2019re being honest for us, there is a thirst for justice and a thirst for vengeance. And you know what God encourages to do is to care about justice and not vengeance. And so, if I\u2019m being honest, my mind wishes for justice and hopes that Tyler Robinson is able to find forgiveness and find mercy. But I don\u2019t feel that, and I don\u2019t particularly care about that person or what happens to him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

Reflecting on his own grief after the death of his friend, Vance said he remains as \u201cheartbroken.\u201d<\/p>

\u201cI think selfishly, I was thinking about what it would mean for for us, for the movement, and then you know, non-selfishly, I was thinking about what it would mean for Erika and the kids,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd you know, Charlie was one of those guys who was not just a friend, he was sort of a confidant. He was a guy that I could rely on. He was a guy that I could confide in. And there aren\u2019t that many people when you\u2019re the vice president of the United States.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

\u201cIt was a very, very big loss to me,\u201d he shared. <\/span><\/p>

Vance also repeatedly returned to the impact that Kirk\u2019s death has on his family, his wife Erika, and his two children.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

\u201cI think about this a lot as a young father, and this is probably the thought that I\u2019ve had the most consistently since Charlie\u2019s death: thank God, my kids are at an age where, if God forbid, something happened to me, they would they would have memories of me, and Charlie\u2019s kids are at that age where, especially for his youngest child, but even for his oldest child, you just worry that a young father who poured his heart and soul into that family, you worry that those kids won\u2019t have any memory of them, and I think that is the greatest tragedy of all of this.\u201d <\/span><\/p>

\u201cAnd I know it\u2019s something Erika cares a lot about,\u201d added Vance. \u201cIt\u2019s certainly something I\u2019ve thought a lot about over the last year, but I think we have to take some some, as Lincoln would say, some measure of devotion to that, that his kids should know at the very least who he was, that that they were beloved, and that their dad gave his life fighting for the very best principles of the country that he loved.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

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WASHINGTON \u2014 Vice President JD Vance says there is \u201cclear evidence\u201d that 23-year-old accused assassin Tyler Robinson killed Charlie Kirk, he shared in an interview with The Daily Wire, but that he is \u201calways going to wonder\u201d who radicalized his friend\u2019s killer.The vice president shared that he managed to follow parts of Utah hearing for Robinson, though not all of it, and he told The Daily Wire that \u201cthe evidence against Robinson is just really, really compelling.\u201d In a wide ranging interview as the hearing concluded on Friday, Vance put a rest to the notion that he believes the viral conspiracy theories about Kirk\u2019s death, stating firmly that Robinson killed his friend.\u201cDo I think Tyler Robinson pulled the trigger and killed Charlie Kirk? Absolutely,\u201d Vance said. \u201cI think the evidence is clear on that.\u201cThroughout the past week, prosecutors spent days revealing surveillance footage, forensic evidence, an alleged confession note, and testimony from Robinson\u2019s ex-roommate and transgender lover Lance Twiggs, as well as Robinson\u2019s parents. Vance and Kirk were close friends, and Vance has spoken openly about the role Kirk played in convincing President Donald Trump to choose him as his vice president.Vance addressed claims in an upcoming book from New York Times journalists Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman, who report that Vance\u2019s \u201cinstincts told him that there was a larger plot behind\u201d Kirk\u2019s murder in the days following Kirk\u2019s death. Swan and Haberman wrote that Vance \u201cwent down countless online rabbit holes, becoming so consumed by the videos and the theories that his wife, Usha, told him she was worried about him.\u201dThe vice president emphasized that the aspect of Kirk\u2019s death that will always haunt him is the possibility that other individuals were involved in radicalizing Robinson.Vice President JD Vance, Usha Vance, and Erika Kirk escort the body of Charlie Kirk on September 11, 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Eric Thayer\/Getty Images)\u201cDo I think that Tyler Robinson is part of a broader network of left wing radicals who have fomented and encouraged violence? Absolutely. Do I know that they communicated with Tyler Robinson before the shooting? No, I don\u2019t have evidence for that.\u201d\u201cI\u2019m always going to wonder,\u201d Vance said. \u201cI\u2019m always going to wonder what was said and how many contacts he had beforehand. By the way, it doesn\u2019t mean that [Robinson\u2019s] any less guilty. But do I wonder if there are other people who are more directly involved in Charlie\u2019s murder? Absolutely, because I don\u2019t think that it\u2019s possible for a young man to get radicalized like that without somebody encouraging him, whether informally or formally.\u201d\u201cI think there are a lot of people with blood on their hands in the case of Charlie Kirk, but of course, the person most directly who has blood on their hands is Tyler Robinson,\u201d he concluded.\u201cThe truth is that Charlie is dead because a bunch of left-wing radicals have preached a message that it\u2019s okay to kill people you disagree with, and unfortunately, for my friend and and importantly for his family, there\u2019s at least one guy in Utah who took that message to heart and and and murdered a young innocent father,\u201d Vance said. \u201cThe worst part about all of this is not my my personal grief, as much as that\u2019s very real, and the country\u2019s loss, but the fact that I know that Erika and two little kids are going to grow up without their husband and father.\u201dVance says his hope is that what transpired last September causes leftists to reconsider the violent rhetoric that they too often unleash against political opponents.\u201cIf I was on the left, whatever the ideas that I had about politics and policy, if I saw that the result of some of the violence that I pushed is the death of Charlie Kirk, I would think twice about what I said and what beliefs led me to advocate for violence against people,\u201d he added. \u201cBecause way too many leftists have advocated for violence for too long in our country, and it\u2019s had real consequences.\u201d\u00a0Donald Trump Jr., then Vice President-elect JD Vance, and Charlie Kirk during the Turning Point USA Inaugural-Eve Ball.\u00a0 (Photo by Samuel Corum\/Getty Images)During the court proceedings this week, the prosecution played an interview with Robinson\u2019s ex-roommate and lover Lance Twiggs, showing some of their text exchanges about the murder. Twiggs revealed to the court that Robinson cried at their apartment after he shot and killed Kirk and said he wished \u201che hadn\u2019t done it.\u201dVance said he had seen this report, calling it \u201cvery compelling evidence for a court of law.\u201dHe sighed as he added:\u00a0\u201cIn all Christians, if we\u2019re being honest for us, there is a thirst for justice and a thirst for vengeance. And you know what God encourages to do is to care about justice and not vengeance. And so, if I\u2019m being honest, my mind wishes for justice and hopes that Tyler Robinson is able to find forgiveness and find mercy. But I don\u2019t feel that, and I don\u2019t particularly care about that person or what happens to him.\u201dReflecting on his own grief after the death of his friend, Vance said he remains as \u201cheartbroken.\u201d\u201cI think selfishly, I was thinking about what it would mean for for us, for the movement, and then you know, non-selfishly, I was thinking about what it would mean for Erika and the kids,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd you know, Charlie was one of those guys who was not just a friend, he was sort of a confidant. He was a guy that I could rely on. He was a guy that I could confide in. And there aren\u2019t that many people when you\u2019re the vice president of the United States.\u201d\u201cIt was a very, very big loss to me,\u201d he shared. Vance also repeatedly returned to the impact that Kirk\u2019s death has on his family, his wife Erika, and his two children.\u00a0\u201cI think about this a lot as a young father, and this is probably the thought that I\u2019ve had the most consistently since Charlie\u2019s death: thank God, my kids are at an age where, if God forbid, something happened to me, they would they would have memories of me, and Charlie\u2019s kids are at that age where, especially for his youngest child, but even for his oldest child, you just worry that a young father who poured his heart and soul into that family, you worry that those kids won\u2019t have any memory of them, and I think that is the greatest tragedy of all of this.\u201d \u201cAnd I know it\u2019s something Erika cares a lot about,\u201d added Vance. \u201cIt\u2019s certainly something I\u2019ve thought a lot about over the last year, but I think we have to take some some, as Lincoln would say, some measure of devotion to that, that his kids should know at the very least who he was, that that they were beloved, and that their dad gave his life fighting for the very best principles of the country that he loved.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"\nEXCLUSIVE: JD Vance Says Evidence Against Tyler Robinson Is \u2018Really, Really Compelling\u2019 - Blue Route Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1149\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EXCLUSIVE: JD Vance Says Evidence Against Tyler Robinson Is \u2018Really, Really Compelling\u2019 - Blue Route Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WASHINGTON \u2014 Vice President JD Vance says there is \u201cclear evidence\u201d that 23-year-old accused assassin Tyler Robinson killed Charlie Kirk, he shared in an interview with The Daily Wire, but that he is \u201calways going to wonder\u201d who radicalized his friend\u2019s killer.The vice president shared that he managed to follow parts of Utah hearing for Robinson, though not all of it, and he told The Daily Wire that \u201cthe evidence against Robinson is just really, really compelling.\u201d In a wide ranging interview as the hearing concluded on Friday, Vance put a rest to the notion that he believes the viral conspiracy theories about Kirk\u2019s death, stating firmly that Robinson killed his friend.\u201cDo I think Tyler Robinson pulled the trigger and killed Charlie Kirk? 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Absolutely,\u201d Vance said. \u201cI think the evidence is clear on that.\u201cThroughout the past week, prosecutors spent days revealing surveillance footage, forensic evidence, an alleged confession note, and testimony from Robinson\u2019s ex-roommate and transgender lover Lance Twiggs, as well as Robinson\u2019s parents. Vance and Kirk were close friends, and Vance has spoken openly about the role Kirk played in convincing President Donald Trump to choose him as his vice president.Vance addressed claims in an upcoming book from New York Times journalists Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman, who report that Vance\u2019s \u201cinstincts told him that there was a larger plot behind\u201d Kirk\u2019s murder in the days following Kirk\u2019s death. Swan and Haberman wrote that Vance \u201cwent down countless online rabbit holes, becoming so consumed by the videos and the theories that his wife, Usha, told him she was worried about him.\u201dThe vice president emphasized that the aspect of Kirk\u2019s death that will always haunt him is the possibility that other individuals were involved in radicalizing Robinson.Vice President JD Vance, Usha Vance, and Erika Kirk escort the body of Charlie Kirk on September 11, 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Eric Thayer\/Getty Images)\u201cDo I think that Tyler Robinson is part of a broader network of left wing radicals who have fomented and encouraged violence? Absolutely. Do I know that they communicated with Tyler Robinson before the shooting? No, I don\u2019t have evidence for that.\u201d\u201cI\u2019m always going to wonder,\u201d Vance said. \u201cI\u2019m always going to wonder what was said and how many contacts he had beforehand. By the way, it doesn\u2019t mean that [Robinson\u2019s] any less guilty. But do I wonder if there are other people who are more directly involved in Charlie\u2019s murder? Absolutely, because I don\u2019t think that it\u2019s possible for a young man to get radicalized like that without somebody encouraging him, whether informally or formally.\u201d\u201cI think there are a lot of people with blood on their hands in the case of Charlie Kirk, but of course, the person most directly who has blood on their hands is Tyler Robinson,\u201d he concluded.\u201cThe truth is that Charlie is dead because a bunch of left-wing radicals have preached a message that it\u2019s okay to kill people you disagree with, and unfortunately, for my friend and and importantly for his family, there\u2019s at least one guy in Utah who took that message to heart and and and murdered a young innocent father,\u201d Vance said. \u201cThe worst part about all of this is not my my personal grief, as much as that\u2019s very real, and the country\u2019s loss, but the fact that I know that Erika and two little kids are going to grow up without their husband and father.\u201dVance says his hope is that what transpired last September causes leftists to reconsider the violent rhetoric that they too often unleash against political opponents.\u201cIf I was on the left, whatever the ideas that I had about politics and policy, if I saw that the result of some of the violence that I pushed is the death of Charlie Kirk, I would think twice about what I said and what beliefs led me to advocate for violence against people,\u201d he added. \u201cBecause way too many leftists have advocated for violence for too long in our country, and it\u2019s had real consequences.\u201d\u00a0Donald Trump Jr., then Vice President-elect JD Vance, and Charlie Kirk during the Turning Point USA Inaugural-Eve Ball.\u00a0 (Photo by Samuel Corum\/Getty Images)During the court proceedings this week, the prosecution played an interview with Robinson\u2019s ex-roommate and lover Lance Twiggs, showing some of their text exchanges about the murder. Twiggs revealed to the court that Robinson cried at their apartment after he shot and killed Kirk and said he wished \u201che hadn\u2019t done it.\u201dVance said he had seen this report, calling it \u201cvery compelling evidence for a court of law.\u201dHe sighed as he added:\u00a0\u201cIn all Christians, if we\u2019re being honest for us, there is a thirst for justice and a thirst for vengeance. And you know what God encourages to do is to care about justice and not vengeance. And so, if I\u2019m being honest, my mind wishes for justice and hopes that Tyler Robinson is able to find forgiveness and find mercy. But I don\u2019t feel that, and I don\u2019t particularly care about that person or what happens to him.\u201dReflecting on his own grief after the death of his friend, Vance said he remains as \u201cheartbroken.\u201d\u201cI think selfishly, I was thinking about what it would mean for for us, for the movement, and then you know, non-selfishly, I was thinking about what it would mean for Erika and the kids,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd you know, Charlie was one of those guys who was not just a friend, he was sort of a confidant. He was a guy that I could rely on. He was a guy that I could confide in. And there aren\u2019t that many people when you\u2019re the vice president of the United States.\u201d\u201cIt was a very, very big loss to me,\u201d he shared. Vance also repeatedly returned to the impact that Kirk\u2019s death has on his family, his wife Erika, and his two children.\u00a0\u201cI think about this a lot as a young father, and this is probably the thought that I\u2019ve had the most consistently since Charlie\u2019s death: thank God, my kids are at an age where, if God forbid, something happened to me, they would they would have memories of me, and Charlie\u2019s kids are at that age where, especially for his youngest child, but even for his oldest child, you just worry that a young father who poured his heart and soul into that family, you worry that those kids won\u2019t have any memory of them, and I think that is the greatest tragedy of all of this.\u201d \u201cAnd I know it\u2019s something Erika cares a lot about,\u201d added Vance. \u201cIt\u2019s certainly something I\u2019ve thought a lot about over the last year, but I think we have to take some some, as Lincoln would say, some measure of devotion to that, that his kids should know at the very least who he was, that that they were beloved, and that their dad gave his life fighting for the very best principles of the country that he loved.\u201d","og_url":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1149","og_site_name":"Blue Route Journal","article_published_time":"2026-07-11T16:38:35+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1149#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1149"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/#\/schema\/person\/19da116f8d79cf8987781569801c6b7c"},"headline":"EXCLUSIVE: JD Vance Says Evidence Against Tyler Robinson Is \u2018Really, Really Compelling\u2019","datePublished":"2026-07-11T16:38:35+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1149"},"wordCount":1216,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1149#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/e899bfdebaa843879b96aca7c3ca8579.avif","articleSection":["Exclusive"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1149#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1149","url":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1149","name":"EXCLUSIVE: JD Vance Says Evidence Against Tyler Robinson Is \u2018Really, Really Compelling\u2019 - 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