From hateful rants on Fox news to falsehoods in Congress, the far right exploits the tragedy to demonize vulnerable people
Carlos Guillermo Smith, special projects manager for Equality Florida and a Democratic former state congressman representing the Pulse community, is angered by Republicans’ resolve to focus on a murderer’s identity only when it suits them.
“The same politicians who repeatedly say it’s too soon to discuss gun safety reform after another mass shooting are tripping over themselves to blame gun violence on transgender people. It’s desperate, bigoted and a nakedly obvious attempt to change the subject from guns. “The LGBT community, but particularly the trans community, is under unprecedented assault in statehouses, in Congress and in the streets, and it’s just so obviously opportunistic that they have jumped on this to continue to promote their agenda,” she said.
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