A Texas man was arrested by the FBI on Friday, Sept. 19, a day after he posted comments on a Facebook thread threatening a mass shooting at the Abilene LGBTQ Pride Parade set for Saturday, May 20 in retaliation for the Sept. 10 murder of right-wing talk show host and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk.
Kirk was shot to death on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, in the middle of one of his “Prove Me Wrong” debate events. Right-wing have tried desperately to somehow tie the accused shooter, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, to the LGBTQ+ community. Robinson is a white male from a Trump-supporting Mormon family who has been described as a follower of Nick Fuentes, another right-wing activist who feuded with Kirk. Prosecutors in the case have submitted as evidence texts betwee