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R-Texas Senator Ted Cruz turned around in the United States on Tuesday and strung with CNN host Kaitlan Collins Charlie KirkAs Republican lawmakers say, the network should not engage in “misinformation.”
Collins said in her show “Source”: “We have no motivation yet. We don’t know yet. We are waiting. Obviously, we’ve heard what the governor has to say, what the FBI directors are going to say today.”
“Of course, we know. Cruz replied.
Kirk was assassinated at an event at Utah Valley University on September 10. FBI officials and Utah Governor Spencer Cox said the suspect Tyler Robinson, Have a “leftist ideology” In recent years, it has become increasingly radical.
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R-Texas Senator Ted Cruz clashes with CNN host Kaitlan Collins while discussing Charlie Kirk’s so-called shooter (Screen shot/CNN)
Collins pushed back and said it wasn’t what she said, adding that law enforcement did not propose direct motives, but provided some evidence.
“I’m not arguing with you politically. I’m saying law enforcement hasn’t come up with a specific motivation. You know what they point out in the legal argument than what you’re talking about.”
“What you’re objectively speaking is false, and CNN shouldn’t be involved in misinformation,” Cruz said. Collins insisted that it wasn’t “misinformation” and she had already raised the facts.
Collins went on to ask Cruz if he wanted to see “right-wing groups” research and prosecute him, pointing to his comments on investigating left-wing groups and their funds for protests.
“I believe anyone who engages in violence should be prosecuted and jailed.” “There has been an enormous amount — and CNN has been guilty of this — of bothsidesis, of saying, ‘gosh, both sides are violent,’ and understand, yes, there is some violence on both sides, but it is the left that overwhelmingly celebrates this. It is leftists that have been celebrating. You look at Bluesky, and it is a cesspool of leftists celebrating the murder of Charlie Kirk.”
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Candles and flowers are seen near the portrait of Charlie Kirk in the temporary memorial during a candlelight vigil in Provo Memorial Park, Utah on September 12, 2025. (Melissa Majchrzak/AFP via Getty Images)
Collins said she did not believe anyone should celebrate Kirk’s assassination before finishing the interview.
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said on Monday that investigators are investigating whether Kirk’s alleged assassin acted alone or as part of a broader plot, while also revealing disturbing signs that the suspect was already Ideology’s “takeover” Shoot.
Bongino revealed that family and colleagues told investigators that the suspects had become more politicized and withdrawn before Kirk’s killing.
“From the data we have accumulated, this ideology has infected him and taken over him,” Bongino said. “He intends to make Charlie’s goals and people may know in advance.”
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Share by FBI Director Kash Patel Details about the shooter were reported in an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity on Monday.
“The evidence and information will come out. I won’t style the evidence, but what I’m going to say is that what I’m finding in terms of information is a kind of text exchange, he, the suspect, and specifically said he had the opportunity to come up with Charlie Kirk, and he’s going to do that.”
When motives were exerted by the suspect, Patel pointed out his words: “When he was asked why, he said that certain hatreds could not be negotiated with him.”
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten of Fox News contributed to the report.
