"Cox, a Republican, said he didn't yet know the answer, but the radicalizing apparently didn't occur at college. "This was a very normal young man, a very smart young man, 4.0 student, I think a 34 on the ACT, went to my alma mater, Utah State University, but was only there for a very short amount of time, dropped out after less than one semester, and it seemed to happen kind of after that," Cox said. (Robinson later enrolled in Dixie Technical College.)"
""Clearly there was a lot of gaming going on," the governor said, adding that Robinson's friends referenced the "deep, dark internet-the Reddit culture and these other dark places of the internet-where this person was going deep." While Cox took pains not to explicitly point fingers before receiving more evidence, some conservatives and right-leaning media organizations are blaming higher ed for "political violence" in the wake of Kirk's death."
Utah Governor Spencer Cox emphasized the need to determine what radicalized Tyler Robinson after he allegedly shot and killed conservative activist Charlie Kirk on Utah Valley University's Orem campus. Cox noted Robinson was an academically successful young man who briefly attended Utah State University before dropping out; radicalization appeared to occur after leaving college and Robinson later enrolled in Dixie Technical College. Cox said friends mentioned heavy involvement in gaming and "deep, dark" corners of the internet. Some conservatives blame higher education for political violence, calling for defunding universities, firing professors, and increasing conservative presence, while Kari Lake claimed college "brainwashed" Robinson.
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