Colorado Nonbinary Mass Shooter Pleads Guilty, Accepts Five Life Sentences
'Aldrich's attorneys wrote that he identifies as non-binary'
NBC reporter trips and stumbles as she tries so hard not to misgender alleged Club Q perpetrator: 'Him— them'
NBC News correspondent Niala Charles tripped and stumbled on Tuesday while trying not to misgender the person accused of committing mass murder inside a Colorado Springs LGBT nightclub.
While reporting on the more than 300 criminal charges filed against the alleged perpetrator, Charles tried to use the suspect's preferred pronouns — "they" and "them" — but it was clear she struggled to maintain coherence.
"The defense says its client uses 'they/them' pronouns, which doesn’t indicate their sexual identity and clearly hasn’t stopped the district attorney with charging them with bias," Charles reported. "Prosecutors say there’s a voluminous amount of evidence here in this case to support those charges, and as for the penalties, in the state of Colorado, there isn’t a death penalty, so the suspect is looking at a possible life in prison."
Toward the end of her report, Charles' brain appeared to misfire as she actually misgendered the alleged perpetrator.
"In court today, the suspect was in a yellow jumpsuit and significantly less bruised than when we saw them in their last court appearance after two people charged him — them — and prevented them from doing even more damage, hurting even more people," she said.
\u201cAn NBC reporter struggles through a segment trying to use "they/them" pronouns to avoid "misgendering" the Colorado Springs shooter who killed 5 people\u201d— Washington Free Beacon (@Washington Free Beacon) 1670352992
What is the background?
The suspected shooter's lawyers filed court documents last month that disclosed their client identifies as "non-binary."
"[Our client] is non-binary. They use they/them pronouns, and for the purposes of all formal filings, will be addressed as Mx. [the alleged perpetrator's last name]," a footnote in a court filing said.
The development left some media personalities stunned because it undercut the narrative that a right-wing lunatic filled with anti-LGBT hate is responsible for the massacre at Club Q. How can that be when the alleged perpetrator himself identifies as being a member of the broader LGBT community?
Indeed, since the court filing, the media has been mostly silent about the case.
On Tuesday, prospectors filed 305 criminal charges against the suspect, including "bias-motivated crimes," which are Colorado's version of hate crimes.
CNN anchor left stunned by development in Club Q massacre that undermines media narrative: 'I don't know what to say'
CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota expressed shock on Tuesday over a new development in the Club Q massacre that undermines the narrative blaming Republicans for the incident.
Democrats and the media are suggesting that partial responsibility for the massacre falls at the feet of Republicans and conservative media because they oppose the progressive LGBT agenda.
What did Camerota say?
While speaking on "CNN Tonight," Camerota broke news to a panel that the perpetrator of the Club Q massacre identifies as "non-binary" and uses "they/them" pronouns.
"Attorneys for the accused shooter ... say in new court filings tonight that the suspect now identifies as non-binary," Camerota explained. "In a footnote to a motion asserting legal privileges the public defenders say, quote, '[The perpetrator] is non-binary. They use 'they/them' pronouns, and for the purposes of all formal filings, will be addressed as mix-[perpetrator's name]."
The news left Camerota speechless.
"I mean, you know, I don't know if— I don't know what to say about that," she said.
\u201cWatch in real time as CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota sees her network's narrative on the Colorado Springs gay night club shooting come crashing down. She was speechless that the shooter identifies as "non binary": "I don't know what to say about that."\u201d— Kevin Tober (@Kevin Tober) 1669176171
By inserting the word "now" into her commentary, Camerota framed the development in a way that suggested the perpetrator only recently made the change to his gender identity. The legal filing to which she referred does not use the word "now."
Still, her framing prompted CNN political commentator Errol Louis to claim the change was made as a legal defense against hate crime charges.
"It sounds like they're trying to prepare a defense against a hate crimes charge," Louis claimed without evidence.
"That's the least of his problems legally speaking. But it looks like they're trying to build some kind of sympathy or at least confusion on the question of whether or not this was purely motivated by hate," he added.
Anything else?
The perpetrator faces first-degree murder and hate crime charges.
He was released from the hospital on Tuesday and was due in court on Wednesday, according to the Denver Post.
Megyn Kelly's indictment of media after Club Q tragedy speaks even louder after newest revelation
Megyn Kelly slammed the media on Tuesday for exploiting violence — like the massacre at LGBT nightclub Club Q — to score political points.
What is the background?
Democrats and the media seized on the Club Q shooting to argue that opposition to the progressive LGBT agenda is responsible for the horrific massacre.
NBC News reporter Ben Collins, for example, went viral on Tuesday for placing blame for the Club Q attack, and other similar tragedies, at the feet of conservative media, targeting specifically Fox News host Tucker Carlson. Anything but full-throated acceptance of the progressive LGBT agenda is the same as inciting violence against the LGBT community, the narrative alleges.
What did Kelly say?
During the opening of her SiriusXM radio show, Kelly hammered Democrats and the mainstream media for using the massacre to blame their political enemies.
"The left and Democratic leaders continuing to place blame on conservatives before the motive is even known in connection with this Colorado nightclub shooting,” Kelly said. "I mean this happens every time — every time.
"Nancy Pelosi going as far as to accuse people who supported Donald Trump’s presidency for the deadly shooting," she scoffed. “They can’t even respect the dead for 2 minutes. I mean before the bodies get cold, they want to pin it on politics.
“Can we wait and see? 'Cause this guy pulled guns on and threatened to bomb his own mother a year ago, so it’s possible he had some mental health problems that were unresolved," she continued. "It’s a situation similar to the Nancy Pelosi attack on her husband by this guy who was clearly a lunatic, whose most recent writings seemed out there and aligned with Q-Anon, but we’re talking about a mentally unwell person."
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Later in the show, Kelly targeted the media who claim the Club Q massacre is "right-wing-inspired violence" in which the Republican Party, Donald Trump, and conservative commentator Matt Walsh are responsible.
"Somehow, because this is a gay club, LGBTQ, this is their fault. It's a pattern. We've seen it so many times, but it still is alarming — and it's deeply immoral," Kelly said.
Her guest, Clay Travis, agreed. In fact, the media is culpable, he suggested, because they help make mass killers famous, they ignore the everyday violence that occurs across the nation, and they do not help discover a real solution to violence.
Kelly agreed.
"The media completely ignores what's happening in Baltimore, what's happening in Chicago, what's happening in Philadelphia," she said. "They don’t care. They only care about these things because they can look for what they think is a political motive, or in any case ... they can look for the guns."
What about the newest revelation?
The rush to blame right-wing media and Republicans looks incredibly foolish after court documents revealed the Club Q perpetrator is non-binary and uses "they/them" pronouns.
NBC analyst demands Tucker Carlson, Lauren Boebert face 'consequences' for Club Q massacre
NBC News analyst Frank Figliuzzi demanded on Monday that Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) and Fox News host Tucker Carlson be held partially responsible for the attack at Club Q, an LGBT nightclub in Colorado Springs.
Wait, what?
Speaking on MSNBC, Figliuzzi encouraged the families of the Club Q victims to take action against people like Boebert and Carlson, whom Figliuzzi suggested are partially responsible for the tragedy.
"Prosecutors and police, they found quickly what they needed. That means they know this was a biased crime," Figliuzzi said. "This is likely since we've heard reports that the subject isn't cooperative with police, that means they likely found clear and convincing evidence on his devices."
Authorities have charged the suspected perpetrator with hate crimes, but accusations, of course, are not declarations of guilt. That is something that Figliuzzi, a trained lawyer and career FBI official, should know, yet he declared the crime "biased" anyway.
"If he's a consumer of the people we just rattled of — from Lauren Boebert to Tucker Carlson — let's get it out. Let's get it out at trial, let's expose it for what it is, name it, and shame it," Figliuzzi continued.
"He's a consumer of these people and those people should face civil consequences from the victims," he declared.
There is no evidence, in fact, that the perpetrator is a "consumer" of Boebert and Carlson.
\u201cMSNBC analyst Frank Figliuzzi calls for @LaurenBoebert, #Tucker Carlson, @FoxNews, and others to face charges in civil court for causing the mass shooting at the Colorado Springs gay nightclub.\n\nHe adds teaching "young children" about sex will "put a stop to hate."\u201d— Curtis Houck (@Curtis Houck) 1669067618
What about the law?
While Figliuzzi did not clarify what those "civil consequences" should be, the First Amendment protects Boebert, Carlson, and others who share their views about the LGBT agenda.
At any rate, neither of them have called for violence against the LGBT community.
And despite what progressive activists claim, disagreeing with the LGBT agenda is not the same thing as calling for violence against the LGBT community or directly inciting violence, which is unlawful.
Ironically, the same free speech principles that protect Boebert and Carlson also allow Figliuzzi to claim that the solution "to put a stop to hate" is to teach "young children in school" the LGBT agenda.
Nancy Pelosi, Democrats blame 'MAGA Republicans' and 'anti-LGBTQ bills' for mass shooting at LGBT club
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi drew a clear connection between "MAGA Republicans" and the mass attack at an LGBT nightclub in Colorado Springs.
What did Pelosi say?
In one statement on Sunday, Pelosi condemned the "despicable" attack at Club Q, which she noted fell "on the eve of Transgender Day of Remembrance."
"The attack on Club Q, which fell on the eve of Transgender Day of Remembrance, is despicable — further shattering the sense of safety of LGBTQ Americans across the country," she said.
Then, in a second statement commemorating Transgender Day of Remembrance, Pelosi took a direct shot at "MAGA Republicans," blaming them for violence — like the attack on Club Q — against LGBT people.
"That fight remains more urgent than ever, as right-wing extremists target transgender Americans’ most fundamental rights and freedoms," Pelosi said,
"Whether spouting dangerous rhetoric from cable news desks or openly bullying schoolchildren from the halls of power, MAGA Republicans are cruelly undermining the safety and well-being of our transgender community," she charged.
What did others say?
Other Democratic lawmakers, organizations, and media outlets alleged that people who disagree with the LGBT agenda are essentially responsible for the heinous attack.
For example, the Denver Democrats said in a statement:
There’s a clear link between these kinds of attacks and extremists’ blatantly false and hateful rhetoric about the LGBTQ community. We’ve seen an onslaught of anti-LGBTQ bills — nearly 300 just this year — which are rooted in archaic and ugly ideologies that only seek to sow more division and traumatize a group of people who simply want the same rights as everyone else.
Rep. Alexandria Ocaiso-Cortez said, "After Trump elevated anti-immigrant & anti-Latino rhetoric, we had the deadliest anti-Latino shooting in modern history. After anti-Asian hate w/COVID, Atlanta. Tree of life. Emanuel AME. Buffalo. And now after an anti-LGBT+ campaign, Colorado Springs. Connect the dots, @GOP."
Meanwhile, news outlets like the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times also tried to connect Republicans and the Club Q attack.
What are officials saying?
Despite the heavy-handed rhetoric, officials confirmed Monday they have not yet discovered sufficient evidence to conclude the perpetrator was motivated by hate for LGBT people.
The investigation into whether the attack was a hate crime is ongoing.
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