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Former talk show host Montel Williams downplayed the political motivations of the suspected assassin of conservative activist Charlie Kirk on Tuesday, saying he believes the killer was more motivated by love for his partner.

During "CNN NewsNight," Williams argued that the suspected killer, Tyler Robinson, was not motivated politically but by love for his transgender partner when he allegedly murdered Kirk at Utah Valley University last week.

"I don't believe he was motivated politically. I think this was motivated emotionally. I think this was a emotionally stunted person who literally – when I say it this way, just hear me — tried to defend his significant other, not trying to defend some ideology," Williams told the CNN

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