It's Never Too Soon to Blame Trans People [View all]
A timeline of false “gender ideology” claims about the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Henry Carnell
Schuyler Mitchell
Madison Pauly
September 10, 12:23 p.m.: Charlie Kirk is shot during an event at Utah Valley University after taking a question about transgender people and mass shootings ...
September 11, 8:35 a.m.: Right-wing commentator Steven Crowder posts a screenshot on X of a supposed “internal message” leaked from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives alleging that law enforcement officials found gun cartridges at the scene engraved with unspecified “wording…expressing transgender and anti-fascist ideology” ...
September 11, 10:23 a.m.: The Wall Street Journal posts a link on X to a news story captioned: “Breaking: Ammunition engraved with transgender and antifascist ideology was found inside the rifle authorities believe was used in Kirk’s shooting, sources say" ...
September 11, 1:18 p.m.: The New York Times reports that the internal bulletin has not been verified by ATF analysts and does not match other summaries of the evidence ...
September 11, 3:28 p.m.: ... Megyn Kelly uses Kirk’s death as an opportunity to attack trans people ...
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/09/charlie-kirk-shooter-trans-ideology-false/
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