CNN's Brianna Keilar grilled Trump's counterterrorism director, Sebastian Gorka, for scapegoating trans people and lying about his stats in his tweets, and giving false statistics on mass shootings.
Gorka melts down.
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Summary
On CNN’s State of the Union, Sebastian Gorka, former Trump counterterrorism official, attempted to spin a Minnesota mass shooting into an anti-trans narrative. Host Brianna Keilar pushed back forcefully with hard data, exposing Gorka’s distortions. While Gorka framed transgender people as a unique threat, the facts show the overwhelming majority of mass shooters are cisgender men. His response—rejecting data, narrowing definitions to fit his bias, and falling back on “local control” while excusing federal overreach elsewhere—revealed the hollowness of the Trumpist narrative.
- Gorka claimed transgender people drive a surge in mass shootings, despite data proving otherwise.
- CNN’s Brianna Keilar countered with U.S. Secret Service data: 96% of attackers are non-trans.
- Gorka dismissed statistics, accused CNN of “fake news,” and cherry-picked narrow cases to push his line.
- When asked about solutions, Gorka deflected, rejecting gun reform and cutting federal safety funding.
- The exchange highlights right-wing scapegoating of trans people to distract from the actual root causes: easy gun access, social alienation, and systemic policy failures.
The attempt to paint transgender Americans as the cause of mass shootings is not only dishonest—it is dangerous scapegoating that fuels violence against a marginalized community. Progressives recognize the real culprit: a society awash in firearms, coupled with right-wing politicians who block every attempt at sensible gun reform. The fight is not against vulnerable groups—it is against a political movement that puts ideology and profit above lives.
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