Defective Edges Owner Candace Owens Falsely Labeled Uvalde Shooter As Trans
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Candace Owens and her takes often put her in the crosshairs of criticism, although she rarely retracts her stances. The conservative pundit found herself a topic of discussion after misframing the Uvdale shooter as trans.
Candace Owens Spreads Falsehoods About Uvalde Shooter
As seen on Mashable and Indy100, the shooter was identified as Rolando Ramos. However, users on Reddit and 4Chan spread images of a transgender woman claiming it was Ramos. The woman in the images also spoke out on Reddit, claiming that she doesn’t live in Texas where the shooting took place. As Mashable notes, there was another transgender woman whose image was used for the rumor, with both speaking with the outlet to shoot down the claims.
Despite the debunked rumor, Owens leaned into spreading the rumor and went on a baseless rampage against the transgender community. The pundit has taken such stances in times past while using the recent tragedy to promote her stances. Many are rightly noting how Owens’ barbs might cause harm to those within the trans community. Others are adding that Dave Chappelle’s jokes toward the LGBTQ community are also impacting the safety of transgender persons.
Undeterred, Owens fired back at critics while also promoting her supporters via Twitter.
“Of all of the insane leftist lobbies, the misogynist, trans one has always been the most vicious. They piss me off with their tactics to silence people and they crossed a red line when they started with the kids in the classroom. This is not a fight I will back down from—ever,” Owens said on Thursday (May 26).
In a challenge to another Twitter user, Owens vowed to produce a documentary on “exposing the dangerous gender agenda happening in our schools” by the close of the year.
We’ve gathered some of the responses from Twitter regarding Candace Owens and her anti-trans takes below.
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Candace Owens is a shit stain.
— Mayo
(@MayoIsSpicyy) May 25, 2022
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Candace Owens, the photo you tweeted about was fake AND by your ridiculous standards you've cross dressed before
pic.twitter.com/mBXIWxbl5I
— Right Wing Cope (@RightWingCope) May 25, 2022
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Candace Owens’ lies here put trans people in danger. Beyond being an obvious fraud with an astroturfed career, she’s also utterly without compassion for other people.
Really sick stuff. pic.twitter.com/ByPyOniLIn
— Michael Edison Hayden (@MichaelEHayden) May 27, 2022
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tw transmisogyny , violence , hatecrime
a 17 year old trans girl in texas was assaulted while riding her bike by a group of adult men. candace owens, paul gosar, & boosie. she was just trying to go home. this is how dangerous propaganda can be. please stay safe transfemmes
— k'eon ⚢ (@iluvgaysss) May 26, 2022
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BREAKING: Right-wing hack Candace Owens blatantly lies that the Texas shooter liked "cross-dressing" and that wanting to "dress up like a female is a glaring symbol of mental disease" in a vile smear of the trans community. RT IF YOU THINK CANDACE MUST BE BANNED FROM TWITTER!
— Occupy Democrats (@OccupyDemocrats) May 25, 2022
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18 children slaughtered and candace owens has the nerve to make it about how she hates queer and fat people. absolutely deranged and obsessed pic.twitter.com/slE5oOPxJd
— matt (@mattxiv) May 25, 2022
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Candace Owens is falsely accusing a random Transgender Person on Reddit for the #UvaldeMassacre —just to spread.
She is a very sick person and dangerous.
— RazzLi (@razzli_) May 25, 2022
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An Arlington pastor called for gay people to be executed.
Candace Owens falsely accused a trans woman of committing the Uvalde shooting and said that trans people cause – and will potentially instigate – mass shootings.
One week before Pride Month.
I'm. Fucking. Terrified. https://t.co/cPMsrOmajp
— Alexis Vandom #ProtectTransKids
(@VandomVA) May 27, 2022
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Hey, Candace, I am trans. I am wearing female clothing. I have also committed zero mass shootings.
Also, it was debunked. pic.twitter.com/Ibar9TFOzo
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Pippa
(@Lt_Pippa) May 25, 2022
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I hope the trans woman sues Candace Owens for defamation. what a nice fat stack of cash
— H0LY !
COMS OPEN! (@h0lyh0lyh0ly_) May 26, 2022
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So apparently Candace Owens found some random picture of a trans kid, said it was the Uvalde shooter, and blamed being trans instead of guns for the shooting. Fuck her, fuck transphobes, and fuck guns. GOD, that makes me so mad.
— Chris Tully (@SpectacularCT) May 25, 2022
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Children blown apart by guns don’t satisfy bloodthirsty GOP clowns like Paul Gosar, Marge Greene & Candace Owens.
Using the Uvalde murders to instigate attacks on the trans community, they’re hoping for more violence & bloodshed.
We deserve better than the evil they spread.
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🅸🅽🅳🆈 🆁🅴🅵🆄🅶🅴🅴
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Hey @TwitterSupport this is on you. The tweets by Candace Owens trying to put blame on “gender identity” for this shooting that are STILL UP are the reason behind attacks like this. You did this. This is your fault and every hour the tweets stay up is on you. https://t.co/DGCsmXBFzp
— Dash Kwiatkowski (@DashKwiatkowski) May 26, 2022
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A few weeks ago: Dave Chappelle said the person who attacked him was trans (he wasnt).
today: Candace Owens claims an unrelated trans persons was responsible for the shooting in Uvalde, Texas.( they weren't)
why are you surprised?
— Angel is a Menace
(@_Be_not_Afraid) May 25, 2022
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I wish @RealCandaceO to individually experience the entire combined effects of her words and actions on trans people.
— Nix Dolores Ⓥ (@NiklausNDolores) May 27, 2022
