• In the wake of the Colorado Springs mass shooting that left five patrons of an LGBTQ nightclub dead, numerous liberal journalists and pundits blamed Republican rhetoric for the killing spree—but have since gone quiet on the motive as new information trickles out, including his claim to be “non-binary.”
• While early reporting on the massacre was filled with headlines tying Christian conservatives, right-wing media outlets, and members of the Republican Party to the attack, recent reports instead focus primarily on victims of the attack, the patrons that intervened to stop the shooter, as well as concerns about gun laws.
• In the days following the shooting, ABC’s “The View” aired a segment about the shooting, appearing to blame Republican leadership, with co-host Whoopi Goldberg specifically calling out Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert, Colo.

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