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Nex Benedict, who identified as “gender expansive,” did not die from “trauma” resulting from a high-school fight in Owasso, Oklahoma, last month. The medical examiner ruled the death a suicide due to “combined toxicity from diphenhydramine and fluoxetine.” On March 14, Joe Biden released this statement:
Jill and I are heartbroken by the recent loss of Nex Benedict. Every young person deserves to have the fundamental right and freedom to be who they are, and feel safe and supported at school and in their communities. Nex Benedict, a kid who just wanted to be accepted, should still be here with us today.
Nonbinary and transgender people are some of the bravest Americans I know. But nobody should have to be brave just to be themselves. In memory of Nex, we must all recommit to our work to end discrimination and address the suicide crisis impacting too many nonbinary and transgender children. Bullying is hurtful and cruel, and no one should face the bullying that Nex did. Parents and schools must take reports of bullying seriously. My prayers are with Nex’s family, friends, and all who loved them – and to all LGBTQI+ Americans for whom this tragedy feels so personal, know this: I will always have your back.
To LGBTQI+ young people across the country – you are loved exactly as you are. If you’re feeling overwhelmed or alone, you can call or text 988, the National Crisis Hotline, and dial the number ‘3’ to talk to a counselor who has been specifically trained to support LGBTQI+ youth.
Compare Biden’s statement with the case of Audrey Hale, a woman who thought she was a man.
Last March 27, in the run-up to the April 1, “Trans Day of Vengeance,” Hale armed herself with an AR-15-style rifle, 9mm carbine and 9mm handgun and shot her way into the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee. Hale murdered Evelyn Dieckhaus, 9, Mike Hill, 61, William Kinney, 9, Katherine Koonce, 60, Cynthia Peak, 61, and Hallie Scruggs, nine years old and the daughter of Covenant Presbyterian pastor Chad Scruggs.
According to the forensic pathologist, the girl sustained an “indeterminate range gunshot wound of the head,” that caused injuries to the scalp, left temporal bone, and left temporal lobe of the brain. An “indeterminate range gunshot wound of the pelvis,” caused injuries to Scruggs’ left femoral artery, vein and soft tissue. The child also sustained a gaping exit wound on the “right lateral chest,” from a shot in the back.
William Kinney sustained a “perforating gunshot” of the abdomen and a shot in the torso, perforated the left shoulder, two ribs, left lung and diaphragm. The entrance wound showed stippling, evidence that Hale shot the child at point blank range. The pathologist also discovered “minor blunt force trauma of the body.”
Hale shot nine-year-old Evelyn Dieckhaus in the torso, damaging both lungs, the aorta and other organs. A shot to the “posterior torso,” perforated the left lung, seven thoracic vertebrae and the spinal cord. The three adults also died from “multiple gunshot wounds.”
Hale shot headmaster Katherine Koonce in the head, perforating the left eye and base of the skull. Koonce also suffered “traumatic loss of teeth,” possibly from the “blunt force trauma” inflicted by the shooter, a former student at the school.
Hale targeted teacher Cynthia Peak on the right side of the face, four inches from the top of the head. Custodian Mike Hill took bullets in the right lateral chest, causing wounds to the lungs, spine, aorta, and left rib. All told, the mass murderer unleashed 152 rounds before Nashville police took down Hale, who had carefully planned the attack for months.
Police and the FBI blocked release of her “manifesto” and trans activists were adamant that the material not be released. The Trans Resistance Network proclaimed that Audrey Hale “had no other effective way to be seen than to lash out by taking the life of others.”
Over at the White House, Joe Biden failed to identify or condemn the shooter, failed to name a single murder victim, and did not attend any of the funerals. Days after the massacre, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said “our hearts go out to the trans community as they are under attack right now.”
In portions of the manifesto revealed last November, Hale said, “wanna kill all you little crackers!!! Bunch of little f****** w/your white privileges.” The leak prompted the suspension of seven Nashville police officers, so the material was surely authentic. At this writing, the full manifesto is still suppressed but the dynamics are clear as day.
As Bruce Bawer explains, the trans movement is a “revolution against reality itself,” and with the loss of reality comes the loss of humanity. Empathy and reason go missing, replaced by hatred and deadly violence.
Joe Biden was “heartbroken” over the suicide of “Nex” but won’t say the names of the Nashville victims or utter any prayers for the families. Biden claims to oppose “bullying” but won’t name or condemn Audrey Hale, one of the worst mass murderers in recent memory.
When Conrad Black observed that Joe Biden was a wax-works effigy of a president, he was being kind. For all but the willfully blind, the Delaware Democrat is a wax-works effigy of a human being.