Charlie Kirk suspect spoke the language of the far-Right

Connor Stringer

Sun, September 14, 2025 at 12:35 PM PDT

 

 

https://news.yahoo.com/news/articles/charlie-kirk-suspect-spoke-language-193505861.html

 

Squatting low in a black tracksuit and with a flat cap pulled over his eyes, Tyler Robinson looks at first glance like any other teenager.

But to the niche and often dark corners of the internet where Mr Robinson appears to have spent much of his time, the suspect in the Charlie Kirk killing is performing a so-called slouched “Slav squat”.

The pose and the clothes he is wearing in the photo, shared proudly by his mother, form the basis of an internet meme that has long been associated with the far-Right.

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The “Slav squat” meme comes from a variation of the Pepe the Frog image, a pudgy cartoon toad that has become a calling card for young men on the hard edge of America’s Right.

 

Tyler Robinson performs the Slavic squat, reminiscent of the pose by Pepe the Frog

It has been adopted by the “Groypers” – an extreme online faction led by Right-winger Nick Fuentes that takes joy in trolling and mocking mainstream conservatives, including Kirk, although the Pepe meme is often shared in other contexts and used widely in internet culture.