Rosie O’Donnell falsely claimed the transgender Minneapolis Catholic school shooter was a “Republican, MAGA person, white supremacist” in a conspiracy-laden tirade on social media — while the shooter in fact had scribbled “kill Donald Trump” on one of his gun magazines.
The former talk show host posted a video on TikTok telling her followers: “What do you know? [The shooter] was a white guy, Republican, MAGA person. White supremacist.”
But the claim is flatly contradicted by the evidence.
The shooter, 29-year-old Robin Westman, left behind a disturbing manifesto and social media posts showing hatred of Trump — even scribbling “Kill Donald Trump” one of his rifle magazines — along with nihilistic ramblings, racist and anti-Semitic insults.
Here’s what we know about the Catholic school shooting in Minneapolis
Westman’s manifesto also included statements of despair over gender identity.
Law enforcement, fact-checkers and national media have all found no links to the Republican Party, MAGA movement or white supremacist organizations. Still, O’Donnell doubled down.
“The NRA is a terrorist organization. And they have been for many years,” she said, before blasting America for valuing guns over kids.
“When is enough, enough America? Haven’t you had enough of Donald Trump? The Heritage Foundation? All their bulls–t? He’s their puppet … but guess what? It’s coming to an end.”
She then veered into Trump’s health and mortality, claiming, “Whether physically, emotionally, spiritually — or all of them wrapped up into one — he’s not doing well. He wants to get into heaven. I find that comical.”
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