I don't know if this was him trying to protect the roommate and act like the roommate knew nothing about it. I'm sure they'll get to the bottom of. But What was shocking about this is how the media decide to play it and romanticize their relationship through the text messages. In the weirdest, creepiest way I've ever seen the mainstream media do this. Yeah. Look, I'm sorry to do this, but I'm going to read you these text messages because they're horrifying. (21:39–21:50)
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Asserts that the media romanticized the relationship between the shooter and his transgendered boyfriend through text messages.
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