Knowles predicted liberal media would seize on call to eliminate transgender ideology.

Michael Knowles Calls for Eradication of Transgenderism from Public Life

Daily Wire podcast host Michael Knowles recently spoke at a TPUSA Faith Pastors Summit in Nashville, Tennessee, where he reiterated his call to eradicate transgenderism from public life. Knowles believes that this is necessary to regain ground on the issue that liberals thought they had conquered.

“If we don’t have the courage to stand up for the basic nature of our humanity and the basic political unit, then we’re not going to stand up for anything,” Knowles said. “We might as well close up the churches, throw it all in, and let the liberals run the country.”

During the summit, Knowles and TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk discussed how the transgender ideology presents an affront to objective truth and the harmony of existence. They also encouraged faith leaders to care for their church congregation.

Knowles first made headlines in March when he called for an end to the ideology of transgenderism at a Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). However, several left-wing media outlets misquoted his statement and published erroneous claims misrepresenting the podcaster.

“For the good of society and especially for the good of the poor people who have fallen prey to this confusion, transgenderism must be eradicated from public life entirely, the whole preposterous ideology — at every level,” Knowles told the gathering in Maryland.

Despite Knowles targeting an ideology, not a group of people, several outlets falsely reported that he called for transgender people to be “eradicated.” Some publications, including Rolling Stone and HuffPo, edited their headlines and stories to acknowledge that Knowles never called for the “eradication” of any group of people. When Knowles pointed out that such outlets committed libel, the editorial departments retracted the claims.

However, Knowles believes that the issue resonated with the audience because he “endeavored to take back the ground that the liberals thought they conquered.”

“The liberals thought that they had already won on the issue of transgenderism,” he said. “And so on these issues that are so fundamental — who are we? What is a man? What is a woman? If we cannot take a stand and enshrine that stand in law, enforce that standard through our civil society, and yes, impose reality on people, then we simply cannot have a society at all.”

The TPUSA Faith Pastors Summit is a three-day event where over 30 Biblical faith leaders and other subject matter experts nationwide speak about cultural and spiritual issues facing modern-day America. Other speakers include former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, Pastor Rob McCoy, and American author James Lindsay. The event also listed former All-American swimmer Riley Gaines, former NFL offensive tackle Michael Oher, and Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial artist Michael Chandler.

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