Prominent conservatives on Wednesday tried to link the deadly school shooting in Minneapolis to transgender issues, renewing calls for restrictions on gender-affirming care.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., for example, described “gender dysphoria” as a “mental illness” in a post on X. In a separate post, she urged Congress to pass legislation that she had introduced, which would make it illegal to provide medical care to transgender minors.

“Children are NOT Trans, and grooming them to embrace a dangerous mental illness is fake compassion and child abuse,” Greene wrote.

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Other right-wing figures echoed Greene, drawing attention to documents that show the shooter, identified by police as 23-year-old Robin Westman, legally changed their name as a teenager.

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