Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, which works to advance LGBTQ equality in the House, on Tuesday slammed “idiots” who claimed without evidence that the shooter at a Wisconsin private school a day earlier was transgender.



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Equality Caucus chair tells ‘idiots’ who claimed Wisconsin shooter was trans to ‘f‑‑‑ off’

The police chief investigating the deadly shooting at Abundant Life Christian School has addressed claims that the suspect, Natalie Rupnow, was transgender.

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Was Wisconsin school shooter Natalie Rupnow transgender? Police chief says ‘it’s something that may…’

Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, which works to advance LGBTQ equality in the House, on Tuesday slammed “idiots” who claimed without evidence that the shooter at a Wisconsin private school a day earlier was transgender. Two people — one teenage student and a teacher — were killed and another six…

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Besides gender, mass shooters often fit a larger profile, a report from the Violence Prevention Project states.

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Female school shooters like the one in Wisconsin are extremely rare, data shows

The police chief investigating a school shooting in Wisconsin has urged people to stop speculating about the guilty person’s gender identity. Police were called to the Abundant Life Christian School, in Wisconsin’s capital Madison on Monday morning (16 December) after a pupil opened fire, leaving one teacher and a teenaged pupil dead. Six others were injured. The shooter, identified as 15-year-old student Natalie Rupnow, who went by the name Sam…

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Speculation Wisconsin shooter was trans shut down by police chief

Every time a mass shooting happens, right-wing influencers falsely claim that the shooter is trans; rarely is that true.

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No, the Wisconsin school shooter wasn’t transgender

Top Wisconsin Democrat tells those spreading baseless claims that school shooter Natalie Rupnow was transgender to  'F--k Off'.

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Top Wisconsin Democrat Goes Off on 'Idiots' Claiming 'With No Information Whatsoever' That School Shooter Natalie Rupnow Was Trans: 'F--k Off'

Less than 24 hours after the shooting in Madison, Wisconsin, Libs of TikTok posted about the shooter’s gender on X to almost four million followers.

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Right-Wing Twitter is Once Again Baselessly Insisting a Mass Shooter Is Trans

Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes criticized those who've shared a rumor that the shooter who killed students at a Wisconsin high school was transgender.

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Police Chief Rips MAGA Transphobes For Spreading Rumor That Wisconsin Shooter Was Trans

A 15-year-old student opened fire Dec. 16 at Abundant Life Christian School, a private K-12 school in Madison, Wisconsin

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After a student killed two people and injured six others at a private Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin, some social media users claimed the suspect identified as transgender. But officials did not say that.

Equality Caucus chair tells ‘idiots’ who claimed Wisconsin shooter was trans to ‘f‑‑‑ off’

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