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GOP politician says Uvalde shooter was “transgendering” so there’s no reason to “ban AR-15s”

Michelle Fiore insisted that the Uvalde shooter was taking "pharmaceutical psychotropic drugs" and was "transgendering" so there's no need to question why he was allowed to get an assault rifle.

A Republican elected official in Nevada is joining the chorus of GOP politicians who are trying to deflect blame for mass shootings from guns to transgender people.

“I have to tell you what happened in Texas is horrific,” Republican Nevada state treasurer candidate and current Las Vegas city Council member Michelle Fiore said at a recent appearance. “All the liberal media is going to you, oh it’s guns, it’s guns, it’s kind of- We got to ban AR-15s. No we do not.”

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She went on a rant that started out about “the pharmaceutical industry,” which she claimed are giving kids “pharmaceutical psychotropic drugs.”

“Nobody wants to talk about the drug issue,” she said, adding that the shooter in Uvalde, Texas who killed 19 children and two adults two weeks ago “was on psychotropics.” The shooter wasn’t even in the mental health care system, and there’s no evidence that he was on psychotropic medications.

But Fiore didn’t appear concerned with the facts, repeating the false rumor that the shooter was transgender: “He was also on a lot of different medications from transgendering. So his mind was quite defective.”


Just after the shooting two weeks ago, Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) said that the killer was transgender, repeating misinformation that was sweeping far-right and white nationalist websites.

“It’s a transsexual leftist illegal alien,” Gosar tweeted. “It’s apparently your kind of trash.”

The shooter was cisgender and a U.S. citizen.

“There is an overwhelming number of individuals who are posting images of this person, who was the shooter, and information about the nature of them being transgender,” rightwing radio host Stacy Washington said, referring to pictures of a transgender woman who was not the shooter but whose pictures were shared online.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) repeated the misinformation last week on a webcast: the shooter “clearly had a lot of mental issues going on, as was shown with him wearing eyeliner, cross-dressing, a lot of his language, being a loner.”



https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/gop-politician-says-uvalde-shooter-transgendering-theres-no-reason-ban-ar-15s/
ReneeT · 61-69, M
It's amazing that they can make up anything they want and people will believe them.
Such blatant manipulation by the right of their base. No need for facts when a lie will get people on your side!
And yet it's consistently conservatives accusing leftist and the liberal media of spreading fake news for political gain....
Republicans have been doing this for a while. They'll complain about a bullshit culture war issue, but offer no actual solution.
And of course, the Fashies are wrong. The shooter wasn't trans or illegal.
ozgirl512 · 26-30, F
Good... I'm glad that was resolved so easily... No need to do anything
Carla · 61-69, F
The schools are teaching "transgender"
The uvalde shooter was "transgendering"
The pharmaceutical companies are slipping transition drugs to kids.
🤔....one of the smallest minorities in the country, that doesnt even have the clout to choose what restroom to use, seems to be taking over the country.
And this is what the right is running on...
Dino11 · M
We need to get rid of these AR-15's.
Thevy29 · 41-45, M
Has anyone tested Michelle Fiore's wee for Drugs, alcohol or Urine Tract Infection?
Graylight · 51-55, F
You gotta watch 'em when they're "transgendering." It's when they're most dangerous.

basilfawlty89 · 31-35, M
Well or course that will be the fucking case.
If you're Latino, according to conservatives, you're automatically "illegal".
@basilfawlty89 Reminds me of when Trump retweeted a tweet saying that Jeb Bush wants illegal immigration because his wife is a Mexican.
Changeisgonnacome · 61-69, F
I like when people make new words.
Quetzalcoatlus · 46-50, M
The lies get bigger and better.
Changeisgonnacome · 61-69, F
Well, Bless her heart.
uncalled4 · 56-60, M
Just read that. I got nothin. Honestly.

 
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