Democratic Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan received praise from LGBT supporters when, in 2023, she wore a black T-shirt featuring a knife on it, which said, “Protect Trans Kids.”

Wearing such a shirt, essentially advocating violence, seems an instance of particularly bad judgment, in light of the Wednesday mass shooting by 23-year-old Robin Westman, formerly known as Robert Westman. He changed his name in 2019 after he began identifying as a woman.

Westman shot and killed an 8-year-old and a 10-year-old student at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis. He injured 17 others.

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