thingsthatmakeyouacey:

geek-ramblings:

thundergrace:

Republican leaders and pundits spread a fucking 4chan rumor that the Robb Elementary shooter was a trans person.

Salvador Ramos transgender rumors spread like wildfire despite no evidence

"It's a transsexual leftist illegal alien named Salvatore Ramos," GOP Rep. Paul Gosar claimed in a tweet that has been deleted.

Newsweek

Paul has since deleted this tweet. But since he does not care that he probably just ruined a transgender person’s life, of course he’s made no public apology. Well, not last I checked.

Also the 4chan person that pushed it literally said he knew that person had no involvement in it but wanted to get them bullied and hopefully lead to them committing suicide. 

These are the people that republicans push conspiracy theories from. 

[Image ID: a screenshot of a tweet (from May 24, 2022) from user oneunderscore_ reading “This false “shooter was trans" rumor going around the far-right is from a 4chan thread that links to a completely uninvolved person on Reddit who is still alive, doesn’t live in Texas, and obviously had nothing to do with the shooting.” With the tweet is a screenshot of a tweet from user DrPaulGosar, which reads “We know already fool. It’s a transsexual alien named Salvatore Ramos. It’s apparently your kind of trash.” DrPaulGosar is himself quote tweeting a deleted tweet. End ID]

A trans girl in Texas was attacked after this. https://www.losangelesblade.com/2022/05/25/texas-trans-girl-assaulted-over-gop-lies-about-uvalde-shooting/

Texas Trans girl assaulted over GOP lies about Uvalde shooting

Why was this teen girl assaulted by a grown man she’d never met, harassed by four strangers who could tell she was trans

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