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Rightwing pundit celebrates an unbelievable victory in wake of Minnesota shooting
Far-right Infowars host Owen Shroyer appeared fairly upbeat about a church shooting in Minnesota yesterday that resulted in the deaths of two children.God bless Infowars, he said. Unbelievable victory today. Related Conservatives arent mad at male cheerleaders. Theyre mad that gay people are on TV. Shroyer was discussing the shooting that occurred yesterday at the Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where Robin Westman, 22, allegedly shot and killed two children and injured 17 others and then killed themself. Westman may have been transgender; there is a name change document from 2020 for a person who changed their name to Robin Westman and says the minor child identifies as a female and wants her name to reflect that identification.While the vast majority of school shootings are committed by cisgender men, the right is using this one shooting to blame trans people for gun violence in general. And, for Shroyer, this is enough to make him sound elated that the shooting happened. Insights for the LGBTQ+ community Subscribe to our briefing for insights into how politics impacts the LGBTQ+ community and more. Subscribe to our Newsletter today So, okay, you won the first round. You got a lead-off home run on us because you pretended like you didnt know any of this in the first press conference, Shroyer said about law enforcement, according to RawStory. But now we just got up to bat in our half of the inning and we just hit a grand slam Because, yeah, again, a trans-identified person.He was talking to former FBI agent Kyle Seraphin, whose security clearance was revoked for alleged misconduct during the Biden administration, and he took credit for the information about Westmans possible name change being made public. I dont, Kyle, I dont think, I dont think any of this information gets out, A, if its not for you, quite frankly, B, if its not for now us on the show today, he said, although it wasnt clear why he believed he was personally responsible. He then said that, because Fox News is covering Westmans possible trans identity, its officially mainstream news.I think Ive probably been on air in Infowars longer than anybody not named Alex Jones, Shroyer said. Im telling you, in the last four hours, you just, we just went through a historical moment when it comes to free press, you know, versus institutional cover-up.We just went through a paramount moment where the institutional cover-up has been beaten by free independent press, he continued. God bless Infowars. Unbelievable victory today. I mean, this is, I, Im, Im stunned, Kyle. I cant even believe we just hit back-to-back grand slams in the in an inning. And now were going back out onto the mound. Seraphin appeared to be the only one of the two who remembered that they were talking about a shooting in which two children died. Yeah, it doesnt feel like a win, knowing that theres kids who didnt survivethis, he said. Shroyer was named in a lawsuit filed against InfoWars owner Alex Jones for the websites conspiracy theories about the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Shroyer suggested that it would have been impossible for the father of one of the children who was killed there to have held his childs body and suggested that the father was lying about his sons death. InfoWars was found liable and had to pay nearly $50 million in damages in that case. In 2023, Shroyer pleaded guilty to illegally entering a restricted area at the Capitol during the January 6 Capitol riot. He was sentenced to 60 days of incarceration. After the charges were announced, Shroyer released a video claiming his innocence and said he was merely at the Capitol as a journalist.Yetthe complaint filed against himquotes his appearance in a video that day saying, Today we march for the Capitol because on this historic January 6, 2021, we have to let our Congressmen and women know, and we have to let Mike Pence know, they stole the election, we know they stole it, and we arent going to accept it!On Infowars, Shroyeronce claimedMichelle Obama is a transgender woman, formerly named Michael, and ispart of a larger liberal plot to mainstream literally a Satanic culture.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.
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