{"id":2571168,"date":"2026-02-18T16:15:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T21:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-yes-the-trans-hockey-murderer-suggested-trump-should-die-loved-2-of-trumps-biggest-enemies-defended-abortion-and-despised-jews\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T16:20:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T21:20:37","slug":"fact-check-yes-the-trans-hockey-murderer-suggested-trump-should-die-loved-2-of-trumps-biggest-enemies-defended-abortion-and-despised-jews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-yes-the-trans-hockey-murderer-suggested-trump-should-die-loved-2-of-trumps-biggest-enemies-defended-abortion-and-despised-jews\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact Check: Yes, the Trans Hockey Murderer Suggested Trump Should Die, Loved 2 of Trump&#8217;s Biggest Enemies, Defended Abortion, and Despised Jews"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">44<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-yes-the-trans-hockey-murderer-suggested-trump-should-die-loved-2-of-trumps-biggest-enemies-defended-abortion-and-despised-jews%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2571168&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>This piece analyzes the case of a shooter identified as Robert Dorgan, who is described as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/victorias-secret-announces-new-version-of-fashion-show-after-4-year-hiatus\/\" title=\"Victoria\u2019s Secret Announces \u2018New Version\u2019 Of Fashion Show After 4 Year Hiatus\">transgender-identifying man<\/a> (also referred to as Roberta Dorgano) and who carried out a deadly shooting at a Pawtucket, rhode Island <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/memorial-service-held-for-slain-fbi-agent-in-fla\/\" title=\"Memorial service held for slain FBI agent in Fla.\">hockey game<\/a> before killing himself.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The article emphasizes that Dorgan\u2019s gender identity and family breakdown were central to the narrative surrounding the incident.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; it documents how public commentary tied him to pro-Trump and far-right circles, citing social media posts and tweets that framed him as a \u201cdie-hard Alex Jones loving Trumper\u201d and a \u201ctrans rightoid conspiracy theorist murderer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The author argues that his political beliefs did not appear to drive the murders,framing this debate as a matter of confirmation bias and noting that his extremism spanned a mix of views rather than a coherent,conventional ideology.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; It discusses responses from conservative commentators (notably richard Hanania) and critiques attempts to conflating the shooter\u2019s transgender identity with MAGA or other political movements.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The piece portrays Dorgan as having a disturbing blend of beliefs, including anti-Semitic notions, admiration for certain Republicans like Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene, support for abortion, and an obsession with figures like Epstein and Mossad.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; It stresses that, in the author\u2019s view, insanity and personal issues were the primary drivers of the killings, with any political beliefs being secondary or incidental.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The article frames dorgan\u2019s transgender identity as a defining aspect of who he was,and it highlights the tension between that identity and the political rhetoric surrounding the case.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Throughout, the piece includes social-media excerpts and commentary to illustrate the controverted discourse that followed the incident.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Robert Dorgan &mdash; or &ldquo;Roberta Dorgano,&rdquo; or &ldquo;Roberta Esposito,&rdquo; depending on how you want to refer to him &mdash; was a crazy man. This is beyond question.<\/p>\n<p>He was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nbc-news-buries-background-latest-trans-mass-shooting-suspect-also-went-first-name-roberta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">also a transgender-identifying man<\/a> whose gender issues broke up his marriage and ruined his family, several members of whom he targeted in a shooting spree Monday at a Pawtucket, Rhode Island, hockey game before turning the gun on himself. This, too, is a matter of public knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>What we are now wrestling over isn&rsquo;t whether Dugan was crazy or trans, but rather whether he was a&nbsp;<em>pro-Donald Trump<\/em> crazy trans person. This is somehow, shockingly, a matter of debate, because the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-revamp-attacks-on-trump-picked-justice-brett-kavanaugh-in-letter-to-fbi-director\/\" title=\"Democrats Revamp Attacks On Trump...Picked Justice Brett Kavanaugh In Letter To FBI Director\">social media footprint<\/a> that Dorgan leaves behind paints a picture of an extremist, but not an extremist of the usual variety.<\/p>\n<p>Take this commenter, for instance, who looked at Dorgan&rsquo;s purported X profile and called him a &ldquo;die-hard Alex Jones loving Trumper.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Robert Dorgano ( Roberta ) was a<br \/> die-hard Alex Jones loving Trumper. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bMpsEGmVIk\">pic.twitter.com\/bMpsEGmVIk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michelle Theresa&#127482;&#127480;&#129001;&#128999;&#127803;&#9774;&#65039;&#128062; (@michelle_cub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michelle_cub\/status\/2023690932835565999?\">February 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In terms of more well-known voices on the matter, Richard Hanania &mdash; the one-time conservative writer and academic who has turned against Trump during his second administration &mdash; called Dorgan the &ldquo;first trans rightoid conspiracy theorist murderer.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We&rsquo;ve got our first trans rightoid conspiracy theorist murderer. Makes sense he blocked me. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YrAqc2NpVL\">pic.twitter.com\/YrAqc2NpVL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Richard Hanania (@RichardHanania) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RichardHanania\/status\/2023625086452871607?\">February 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Firstly, to the extent that Dorgan&rsquo;s political beliefs were heterodox for a transgender public shooter, they don&rsquo;t seem to have played any role in his murders, at least as currently known. To the extent people are willing to discuss them, it&rsquo;s as a matter of confirmation bias. (Hanania, for instance &mdash; once a no-really actual white nationalist who published articles in extremist publications in his youth under a pseudonym, who has spent the past few years trying to prove that was an aberration once those writings were traced to him &mdash; has spent much of Trump&rsquo;s second term sounding the alarm about the so-called &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/post-airstrike-poll-obliterates-maga-civil-war-lie-fake-news-fake-maga-influencers-exposed-frauds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Groyper<\/a>&rdquo; movement around Nick Fuentes, a radical polybigot whose work Dorgan apparently admired. While one tends to agree with the general consensus that the Fuentes\/Groyper contingent is loathsome, one also questions both Hanania&rsquo;s motives and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richardhanania.com\/p\/groypers-are-just-more-honest-magas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">conflation<\/a> of Fuentes-ism with MAGA populism.)<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, though, let&rsquo;s be clear what Dorgan&rsquo;s identification was, first and foremost: He was insane. And, to the extent that he had any political beliefs, they mirrored this insanity.<\/p>\n<p>He believed the 2020 election was &ldquo;stolen&rdquo; but also said that Donald Trump was covering up for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ceo-resigns-disturbing-jeffrey-epstein--comes-light-loved-torture-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> and secretive Jewish forces. He seemed almost obsessed with Israel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/charlie-kirks-private-letter-netanyahu-leaks-contradicts-outrageous-claims-israel-behind-murder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mossad<\/a>, and Jewish people in general, as insane people tend to be. He suggested Trump should die, loved two of his biggest enemies within the Republican Party as of late &mdash; Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia &mdash; and defended abortion.<\/p>\n<p>And finally, perhaps most importantly, when it came down to being a far-right-winger or being transgender, being transgender won out for Dorgan. That was who he was &mdash; and he would vociferously defend it even to normie conservatives like Hollywood actor Kevin Sorbo, who pointed out that Democratic Rep. Sarah McBride, the first transgender U.S. representative, was in fact a man born with the name Tim.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;keep bashing us, but do not wonder why we Go BERSERK,&rdquo; he said in a response.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He said a similar thing to Alex Jones when he called transgenderism &ldquo;creepy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;stfu Alex. don&rsquo;t be so butt hurtt [sic] over somebody different. then wonder why trans ppl go fkn BERSER,&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind, both of these responses came just days after the latest transgender-identifying school shooter did indeed &ldquo;go BERSERK,&rdquo; killing eight innocent people in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bombshell-2023-matt-walsh-commented-trans-redditor-2-days-ago-person-shot-canadas-tumbler-ridge-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada<\/a>, before turning the gun on himself.<\/p>\n<p>Here he is defending abortion:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>As for Trump, whatever affection he had for the man was clearly gone by the time he committed the murders, with numerous posts contending that White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and border czar Tom Homan were problematic:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Most importantly, of course, he seemed to have some sort of bizarre obsession with Jewish people, particularly in positions of power. In one post, he called the United States a &ldquo;ZOG,&rdquo; anti-Semitic slang for &ldquo;Zionist Occupied Government.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>And, of course, he seemed to have a love of Massie and Greene, particularly as it related to Epstein.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680;INSANE: Transgender ICE Hockey shooter, Roberta Dorgano, was a HUGE Thomas Massie &amp; MTG supporter. His last X post was &ldquo;&hearts;&#65039;&hearts;&#65039;&hearts;&#65039;&rdquo; to Massie.. &#129314;<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Massie literally has the worst of the worst supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Prayers go out to the victims &amp; all who loved them. &#128591;<\/p>\n<p>Credit:&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pjwJ0pdKVi\">pic.twitter.com\/pjwJ0pdKVi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; &#120399;&#120413;&#120410; &#120386;&#120420;&#120417;&#120409;&#120410;&#120419; &#120380;&#120412;&#120410; &#120399;&#120414;&#120418;&#120410;&#120424; &#127482;&#127480; (@GoldenAgeTimes2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GoldenAgeTimes2\/status\/2023584095666651322?\">February 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And, in a Feb. 10 post, he responded to Greene with this ominous warning to Trump: &ldquo;take every last MF down.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>When someone ends up being a murderer, that becomes a prima facie threat; after all, the only people he seemed to hate more than his family were (in order) Jews, Trump and his administration, and everyone plausibly connected to the Epstein scandal.<\/p>\n<p>Whether or not Dorgan had the presence of mind or the animus to go after him is another question entirely, of course. What we know about the man is that he had issues with his family over his embrace of transgender ideology. This has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-trans-bombshell-hockey-shooting-murderer-robert-dorgan-went-roberta-reports-killer-wore-womens-clothing-already-circulating\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pretty well documented in the days since the shooting<\/a> and is the crux of the case for why Dorgan killed. Any self-professed conservative who allows someone to continue in his delusions, particularly when those delusions have led to the dissolution of his family, is no such thing.<\/p>\n<p>To the extent he had any sort of discernible worldview, it&rsquo;s one where the contradictions of the extreme left and extreme right lived uncomfortably together &mdash; the same way that the contradictions of his existence lived uncomfortably together, until he, to use his own words, went berserk.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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He identified as transgender, and his gender issues helped destabilize his marriage and harm his family, several members of whom he later targeted during a shooting at a Pawtucket, Rhode Island hockey game before he killed himself. The public debate that follows isn\u2019t about whether he was crazy or transgender, but whether he was a pro-Donald Trump, mentally unstable transgender individual. The online record attributed to him suggests he was an extremist of a nonstandard kind, and some social media posts labeled him as a Trump-supporting transgender person who admired Alex Jones.<\/p>\n<p>The piece also cites responses from notable commentators who described Dorgan in harsh terms, including one who called him the \u201cfirst trans rightoid conspiracy theorist murderer.\u201d It argues that his political views, while they may have been unusual for someone who was transgender, do not clearly explain the killings and are treated by some as a matter of confirmation bias. The analysis notes that Dorgan\u2019s posts touched on a mix of controversial topics\u2014support for certain conservative figures, speculation about Israel and Jewish people, and hostile attitudes toward opponents\u2014yet ultimately emphasizes that his transgender identity and personal family conflicts appear to have been central to his actions. 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