Donald Trump Jr. is under fire for blaming the transgender community in the aftermath of a brutal double murder, without any evidence.
Speaking on a right-wing podcast, Trump Jr. offered a false, inflammatory claim (VIDEO)
His comment came while discussing Vance Boelter, the suspect accused of murdering Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband over the weekend.
Authorities have not released Boelter’s motive, and there’s no evidence linking his alleged crime to either LGBTQ issues or immigration policy. Yet Trump Jr. insisted that Boelter was left-wing, despite mounting evidence that the accused had strong support for former President Donald Trump and even kept a hit list of liberal figures.
Local reports show Boelter had ties to anti-LGBTQ+ religious groups and once gave a homophobic sermon in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Right-wing figures like Trump Jr., Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Elon Musk have used the tragedy to falsely link mass shootings to the trans community, even though data shows most U.S. mass shooters are cisgender men.
Critics say it’s a deflection tactic meant to vilify queer people and avoid addressing gun reform.
