A split-screen image of two photos of the person alleged to have shot Republican activist Charlie Kirk. The man is wearing a black jacket with a large American flag, large black sunglasses, and a dark baseball hat. He appears to be a young white male.

🧵 Since the shooting of , radical Republicans have been pushing violence-inciting claims about the shooter. The police have not apprehended the person and don't know his name.

We don't know what the motive is, however, I think given the miasma of claims that "of course" a left-winger or trans person did it, it's worth exploring why the shooter very easily could be a right-wing extremist.

— Matthew Sheffield (@mattsheffield@mastodon.social)