When facts emerged suggesting the assassin of Charlie Kirk may be yet another deranged Antifa or transgenderism extremist, CNN immediately went to great lengths to cover the murderer’s reported political sympathies.

According to authorities, as reported by the Wall Street Journal, the assassin’s gun contained ammunition inscribed with phrases supporting “transgender” and “antifascist” ideology. In an apparent attempt to hide that information, CNN decided to run with a headline describing the bullets as having been “scrawled with cultural phrases.”

The chyron CNN ran on television said the same: “Phrases Related to Cultural Issues Were Scrawled on Rifle.”

Probably worse is that CNN said the bullets were inscribed with a “range of phrases related to cultural issues” (emphasis added) so it could launder the idea that “it’s not yet clear if they point to a motivation in the attack.” No. The assassin’s likely motivations are quite clear. Kirk was famous for his conservative and Christian views. That would be an obvious top motivator for someone to assassinate him in such a public and deliberate fashion.

Kirk made his life’s work doing something leftists could never do: Have reasoned debate with those who disagree to advance public discourse. He went on college campuses to talk to anyone who wanted to engage. That’s dangerous to the left because they can no longer logically defend their irrational positions. It’s very likely that for this great sin, Kirk was assassinated.

The same corporate media playbook was run with the “transgender” shooter at Annunciation Catholic School recently. Media feigned ignorance, claiming it was a “mystery” as to why a “transgender”-claiming man would shoot a church full of children praying. CNN is just covering for the leftists openly cheering Kirk’s assassination.

Right now, the shooter is still at large, and the FBI is asking people to identify the following person of interest:

The motivations suggested by the writing on the bullets are easy to logically infer: that Kirk was assassinated for his Christian and conservative views, especially about queer politics. They also indicate this shocking murder could fit into the growing trend of “transgender” or “transgender”-sympathetic individuals exacting extreme violence on innocent people.

Despite the increasing number of deaths attributed to transgender-sympathizing murderers, corporate outlets such as CNN would rather cover for an assassin than tell the American people the truth.

Breccan F. Thies is the White House correspondent for The Federalist. He previously covered education and culture issues for the Washington Examiner and Breitbart News. He holds a degree from the University of Virginia and is a 2022 Claremont Institute Publius Fellow. You can follow him on X: @BreccanFThies.