(DC Pundit) – Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) went on the attack Sunday against White House official Sebastian Gorka, accusing him of trying “to deflect from the reality” of the Minneapolis Catholic school shooting by bringing up gunman Robin Westman’s transgender identity.
Gorka, who serves as President Trump’s deputy assistant and senior director for counterterrorism, told CNN’s ‘State of the Union’ that Westman had an unmistakable “ideological” motive for targeting Annunciation Catholic School earlier this week. Two students were killed, and more than a dozen children and adults were injured while attending Mass.
“That’s what terrorism is,” Gorka said, pointing out that Westman’s twisted manifesto included antisemitic and anti-Israel rhetoric, and that “kill Donald Trump” was scrawled on one of the shooter’s gun magazines.
Gorka went further, highlighting that Westman’s confession—he was “‘tired of being trans’”—fits a disturbing pattern in recent mass shootings involving people struggling with gender identity.
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“In just a couple of years, we have seen seven mass shootings involving people of transgender nature or who are confused in their gender identity,” Gorka said. “That is inordinately high.” He emphasized that the concern isn’t about sexual proclivities but about a repeated pattern of violent behavior.
Recent cases back up Gorka’s point. The 2023 Nashville Convent School shooter, who killed six, including three 9-year-old students, identified as transgender. The 2022 Colorado Springs gay bar shooting involved a nonbinary attacker. A 2019 Denver-area high school shooting and a 2018 Aberdeen, Maryland, Rite Aid distribution center shooting also involved transgender gunmen.
Omar, following Gorka on CNN, criticized him for highlighting Westman’s gender identity. “It’s really unfortunate that we have people, you know, like him, speaking on this,” the far-left congresswoman told host Brianna Keilar.
“He talked about their transgenderness, and then he says that shouldn’t really matter,” Omar continued. “These people are all over the place because they want to deflect from the reality,” she remarked.
Omar’s solution? Point the blame elsewhere. She called for banning assault weapons, using the tragedy as yet another reason for sweeping gun control measures.
BREAKING: Somali Jihadist Ilhan Omar is upset that we point out how the Annunication Church k*ller was transgender.
Why doesn't she mention what her own people do to anyone with gender dysphoria?
Omar needs to be deported, along with all other Somalis!pic.twitter.com/fy1N0dJmsJ
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) August 31, 2025
While Omar focuses on ideology and gender identity, Gorka’s approach highlights the underlying warning signs and patterns of violent behavior, a perspective conservatives argue is often ignored by the left in favor of narrative-driven finger-pointing.
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