{"id":2572384,"date":"2026-02-22T11:35:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T16:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-let-the-media-paint-the-trans-hockey-shooter-as-maga-his-x-profile-shows-his-politics-were-inanely-contradictory-even-schizophrenic\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T11:37:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T16:37:26","slug":"dont-let-the-media-paint-the-trans-hockey-shooter-as-maga-his-x-profile-shows-his-politics-were-inanely-contradictory-even-schizophrenic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-let-the-media-paint-the-trans-hockey-shooter-as-maga-his-x-profile-shows-his-politics-were-inanely-contradictory-even-schizophrenic\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Let the Media Paint the Trans Hockey Shooter as MAGA &#8211; His X Profile Shows His Politics Were Inanely Contradictory, Even Schizophrenic"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">46<\/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%2Fdont-let-the-media-paint-the-trans-hockey-shooter-as-maga-his-x-profile-shows-his-politics-were-inanely-contradictory-even-schizophrenic%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=2572384&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>The piece recounts the aftermath of Monday\u2019s fatal shooting at Dennis M. Lynch Arena in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, in which the shooter, his ex-wife, and his son died. It analyzes 56-year-old Robert Dorgan\u2019s political and personal identity as reflected on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average ... Is Voting for ...\">social media<\/a>, noting he appeared to present himself as transgender (using names such as Roberta Esposito\/Dorgano).The article describes a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >highly contradictory online persona<\/a>: at times supportive of the Trump administration, at other times critical of it, and engaged in posts about transgender issues that ranged from threats to self-mat humor. It also documents anti-Semitic messaging and references to neo-Nazi figures or symbols, while acknowledging there is no simple consensus on his beliefs\u2014at times he denied being nazi, at other times he engaged with pro-Nazi content. Dorgan\u2019s politics are portrayed as arduous to decipher and inconsistent, with the piece suggesting that his apparent mental instability was the through-line of his actions, while acknowledging that each political side sought to claim him as theirs.  <\/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><\/p>\n<p>After Monday&rsquo;s fatal shooting at Dennis M. Lynch Arena in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, that left the shooter, his ex-wife, and his son dead, both ends of the political spectrum jumped at the chance to brand 56-year-old Robert Dorgan as a member of their opposition, but what were his politics?<\/p>\n<p>A look through Dorgan&rsquo;s account on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X doesn&rsquo;t provide clarity as he seemingly voiced his voice approval for a sweeping array of beliefs. Onlookers cannot ignore the obvious fact that Dorgan was also &ldquo;trans&rdquo; as he tried to present himself as a woman, as the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pawtucket-hockey-rink-shooting-rhode-island-4e9c9df9c3a2b0a524f0e9bdd0908d45\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a> reported he went by Roberta Esposito and Roberta Dorgano.<\/p>\n<p>At times, Dorgan would threaten anyone who mocked transgenderism, while at other times he seemed to laugh along with them.<\/p>\n<p>When actor Kevin Sorbo made a post mocking Delaware Democratic Rep. Tim McBride, who also believes he&rsquo;s a woman, Dorgan told him, &ldquo;keep bashing us. but do not wonder why we Go BERSERK,&rdquo; as noted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/17\/us-news\/ri-hockey-shooter-robert-dorgan-threatened-to-go-berserk-in-trans-rights-rant-day-before-mass-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, when political commentator Steve Loves Ammo reposted a video of a man asking a &ldquo;gotcha&rdquo; question to biological females where they were visibly put off by the suggestion they were trans, writing, &ldquo;This is actually hilarious,&rdquo; Dorgan poked fun at himself. &ldquo;yeah ha ha ha too funny I&rsquo;m 6 foot 230 pounds 22 inch biceps and I&rsquo;m not passing even for Helen Keller.&rdquo;<\/p>\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>There were times when Dorgan seemed to support the Trump administration, while at other times he denounced them in favor of Republican Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie.<\/p>\n<p>Replying to another user who was criticizing Secretary of War Pete Hegseth for wearing a hoodie branded by a defense company, General Dynamics, Dorgan replied, &ldquo;f u WE gave that to him yesterday at his speech.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In another post, replying to commentator Kyle Seraphim who captioned a picture of President Donald Trump and Republican Senator Lindsay Graham, &ldquo;Lindsay Graham and Donald Trump are MAKING AMERICAN GREAT AGAIN! That&rsquo;s why you have to primary MASSIE! LFG!&rdquo; Dorgan simply asked, &ldquo;sarcasm?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>To drive home the point that Dorgan wasn&rsquo;t on team Trump, he would also critically reply to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-usps-monitoring-americans-social-media-posts\/\" title=\"Report: USPS monitoring ...s\u2019 ... ...\">posts made<\/a> by White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. When Leavitt posted, &ldquo;Gas prices fall in January, giving Americans a break at the pump,&rdquo; Dorgan explained away the fall, saying, &ldquo;it&rsquo;s called supply and demand. nobody&rsquo;s traveling when its 0&deg; out.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Contradictorily, he reposted Texas Republican Rep. Michael Cloud, who d an image in support of voter ID laws, showing that House members themselves need an ID to vote. Voter ID has been a cause championed by the Trump administration for some time.<\/p>\n<p>Dorgan would also voice support for anti-Jewish messaging, but denounced users who made pro-Adolf Hitler posts.<\/p>\n<p>One <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-maricopa-county-delete-all-of-its-2020-election-results\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Did Maricopa County Delete All Of Its 2020 Election Results?\">user made<\/a> a post about the United States being run by Jews, telling his followers, &ldquo;American has been conquered from within and turned into a colony within the Zionist empire.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Dorgan affirmed that view, replying, &ldquo;we&rsquo;ve been saying ZOG for 40 years,&rdquo; using an acronym that stands for Zionist Occupied Government, a belief in anti-Semitic circles that world leaders are controlled by powerful Jewish overlords.<\/p>\n<p>A user posted a clip of Hitler with his German Shepherd, telling followers, &ldquo;Uncle loved animals, especially dogs.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Dorgan shot back, shedding light on Hitler&rsquo;s life, &ldquo;when u have no wife or kids, yeah you try to fill a void.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Other times, Dorgan would show his apparent neo-Nazism. An account supporting commentator Nick Fuentes wrote, &ldquo;Nick Fuentes wants to create a TRUE American empire.&rdquo; Dorgan replied, &ldquo;Ernst Rohm, right there,&rdquo; in reference to the co-founder and leader of the Nazis party&rsquo;s paramilitary wing, the Sturmabteilung, Ernst Rohm.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s unclear if Dorgan was referring to himself as Rohm, given the Nazi leader was a homosexual, or Fuentes, since his followers and critics have questioned his sexuality in the past.<\/p>\n<p>Dorgan&rsquo;s politics are difficult to decipher. He defends the Trump administration but chastises them. Transgenderism is a laughing matter, but it&rsquo;s not at the same time. He hates Jews, but don&rsquo;t call him a Nazi despite some pro-Nazi messaging.<\/p>\n<p>Each side wants to brand him as belonging to the other.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the man who shot his ex-wife and son, and who believes he&rsquo;s a woman, was simply insane.<\/p>\n<p>His views were evidence of that.<\/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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Lynch Arena, 56-year-old Robert Dorgan was quickly labeled by both sides of the political spectrum, but his real beliefs were unclear. A look at his posts on X shows a contradictory mix of views: he identified as transgender, using names like Roberta Esposito and Roberta Dorgano, and sometimes threatened people who mocked transgender individuals while at other times joining in the humor. He engaged with various conservatives\u2014praising some Trump-era positions at times and denouncing them at others; for example, he told Kevin Sorbo to keep \u201cbashing\u201d their side and mocked a video about a gender-contestation. He criticized statements by a White House spokesperson about gas prices as \u201csupply and demand,\u201d yet amplified other conservative posts, including support for voter ID. He also appeared to post anti-Jewish content but rejected pro-Nazi posts; he echoed antisemitic tropes like \u201cZOG\u201d and even referenced Nazi figures in comments. Overall, his politics were opaque and inconsistent, swinging between support for and criticism of Trump-era policies, with his transgender identity and violent actions underscoring his instability. In short, the article portrays a man whose stated views could not be neatly categorized and whose actions reflected significant personal instability<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2572385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2026-02-22T001230.584.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[56439,50738,5894,72171,4019],"class_list":["post-2572384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-media-bias-2","tag-misinformation-2","tag-politics","tag-social-media-2","tag-transgender"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2026-02-22T001230.584.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2572384"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2572388,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572384\/revisions\/2572388"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2572385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2572384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2572384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2572384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}