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What Radicalized Suspect in Kirk Killing?

Amanpour

CNN

News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

With Tyler Robinson, the suspect in the shooting of right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk, due to appear in court Tuesday, investigators are pointing to “dark internet” culture as a factor that potentially radicalized him. Meanwhile, Donald Trump and his supporters are calling for a crackdown on political opposition. David Frum was a speechwriter for George W. Bush, who now analyzes politics and culture as a staff writer at The Atlantic.  He joins the show to discuss. Also on today's show:  Journalist & filmmaker Petra Costa; Susan Mayne, former director of the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello everyone and welcome to Ammanpur.

0:06.3

Here's what's coming up.

0:08.5

The problem is on the left, but you're looking for problems.

0:11.5

Fallout from Charlie Kirk's murder.

0:13.7

As Trump and his supporters escalate their attacks on political opponents,

0:17.5

we'll examine where America goes from here.

0:21.6

Then, celebrations in Brazil after former President Jair Bolsonaro is found guilty of an attempted coup.

0:29.6

We hear from documentarian Petro Costa, who closely followed Bolsonaro's rise and fall.

0:35.6

And what we have seen during the Trump administration

0:39.3

are the biggest cuts ever in our federal nutrition assistance programs.

0:43.3

Will Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s policy actually make America healthy again?

0:48.3

Hari Srinivasa gets the details from food safety expert Susan Maine.

1:13.7

Welcome to the program, everyone. I'm Biana Giladriga, New York, sitting in for Christian Amonpour.

1:18.5

Tyler Robinson, the suspect in the shooting of right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk,

1:25.3

will appear in a court in Utah Tuesday on charges including aggravated murder, felony discharge of a firearm,

1:28.4

and obstruction of justice, according to officials there.

1:34.6

Robinson is not cooperating, according to Utah Governor Spencer Cox. But investigators are pointing to dark internet culture as a factor that potentially radicalized him. Meanwhile, fallout from

1:41.0

Kirk's killing is coursing through American politics, both online

1:45.0

and in real life.

1:46.9

The White House and its supporters are calling for a crackdown on political opposition.

1:51.3

Here's White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller speaking on Fox News.

1:56.7

The last message that Charlie Kirk gave to me before he joined his creator in heaven was

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