Sept. 11 is meant to be America’s Most Sacred Patriotic Day or no matter for bloodthirsty conservatives like Trump Jr., a day the place they will actually lean into their anti-Muslim rhetoric. Transgender folks have these days occupied essentially the most house within the spider-filled brains of individuals like Trump Jr., however he additionally apparently knew that he couldn’t completely keep away from speaking about 9/11, so he got here up with this: “I can’t name, including probably like Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, a group that is more violent per capita than the radical trans movement.”
Sure, you learn that proper.
Trump Jr. little question thinks he’s being intelligent with the “per capita” half, as a result of for the reason that trans group is comparatively small, even a handful of transgender mass shooters will bump up that quantity. He loves that speaking level a lot that he trotted it out when Minnesota Democratic Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband had been assassinated: “It’s like the radical transgender movement is per capita the most violent domestic terror threat, if not in America, probably the entire world … because you have all these shooters and murderers or attempted murderers in such a tiny population.”
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That is such an “epidemic,” that after an Aug. 27 taking pictures in Minnesota that was apparently perpetrated by a trans girl, the Division of Justice is reportedly trying into whether or not it may possibly declare that trans persons are mentally sick to be able to ban them from possessing firearms. However the precise certain loves their weapons greater than they hate marginalized folks—even the Nationwide Rifle Affiliation is in opposition to the thought.
In fact, Hortman’s alleged murderer turned out to be a Trump supporter, an anti-abortion zealot, a Christian nationalist, and a Jan. 6 aficionado—so, your fundamental member of the GOP nowadays. And it certain doesn’t seem like the person in custody for Kirk’s taking pictures, Tyler Robinson, is trans, nor has any data come to mild to counsel that he allegedly shot Kirk as a part of some type of trans terror cell or one thing.
Trump Jr. additionally thinks trans folks have dedicated “practically every mass shooting in America for the last few years.” If the reality is being suppressed, how would Trump Jr. know this? The precise information exhibits that transgender persons are liable for lower than 1% of all mass shootings, whereas cis males like Trump Jr. commit roughly 98% of all mass shootings.
It’s comical for Trump Jr. to fake that anti-trans voices are muzzled when his father, has made it his mission to be as overtly, flagrantly transphobic as will be.
It’s comical for Trump Jr. to insist nobody is allowed to speak about this whereas he’s, in fact, actually speaking about it. Nevertheless it’s much more comical for Trump Jr. to fake that anti-trans voices are muzzled when his father, who actually runs the nation, has made it his mission to be as overtly, flagrantly transphobic as will be.
Trump’s pushing to ban trans ladies from enjoying sports activities. He’s ordered the Federal Commerce Fee to analyze whether or not docs who present gender-affirming care are making misleading claims. In case Trump Jr. would really like a handy one-stop store to see what his dad is as much as, listed below are seven of his government orders attacking LGBTQ+ folks typically and trans folks particularly.
The suitable is rarely going to grapple with the pervasiveness of right-wing violence and they’re all the time going to attempt to place the blame elsewhere. Trans persons are the present scapegoat for this, however folks like Trump Jr. are infinitely versatile of their hatreds, so if this bigotry runs its course, they’ll simply decide on another marginalized group because the “real” villains. This all-consuming, ever-changing hate is all they’ve to supply.
