Trans violence is getting out of control in the United States.
We're coming up on the one year anniversary of the shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, MN. On August 27, 2025, biological male Robert/Robin Westman, 23, opened fire through the windows of a church during a school Mass, killing two children and wounding 17 others, including 14 children. The FBI investigated his crime as domestic terrorism and a hate crime.
Benjamin Hanil Song, a trans Antifa militant, was convicted of attempted murder after opening fire during the July 2025 attack on the Prairieland ICE detention center in Alvarado, Texas, shooting a responding police officer in the neck. The Justice Department called the assault a “terrorist attack,” and Song was sentenced in June to 100 years in prison.
There's also Tyler Robinson, who has been charged with aggravated murder in the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
And, now, Ryan Michael English/Riley Jane English, 25, has been sent to the slammer for the attempted assassination of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
BREAKING: A transgender woman convicted of crimes tied to an attempted assassination of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is sentenced to 73 months in prison.
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Bessent previously revealed he was targeted just two hours after being sworn into office, calling the case evidence of a… pic.twitter.com/DSeRK55bcK
BREAKING: A transgender woman convicted of crimes tied to an attempted assassination of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is sentenced to 73 months in prison.
Bessent previously revealed he was targeted just two hours after being sworn into office, calling the case evidence of a real threat from violent left-wing extremism.
Ryan Michael English traveled to Washington carrying a folding knife and two improvised Molotov cocktails before surrendering to Capitol Police, according to the Justice Department.
According to a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release from March of 2026, English pleaded guilty to "charges related to the attempt to assassinate cabinet member nominee Scott Bessent, and carrying a dangerous weapon on the Grounds of the Capitol."
Here's what the DOJ says went down.
Around 3:12 PM on January 27, 2025 – just one week after President Trump was sworn in for his second term – English approached a U.S. Capitol Police officer near the Capitol’s South Door and said, “I’d like to turn myself in.” He revealed to the police that he was carrying a knife and two Molotov cocktails; a search of English turned up a folding knife, two IEDs made from vodka bottles stuffed with cloth wicks, and a lighter.
English allegedly admitted he had come to the Capitol to kill a Trump nominee whose confirmation vote was scheduled that day. Police later found a note he had left to his roommate saying, “I can't do nothing while nazis kill my sisters,” and English admitted traveling to D.C. with the intention of either killing a government official or burning down the headquarters of the Heritage Foundation.
This sounds all-too-similar to the plot to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who was also targeted by a transgender loon who traveled to D.C. with the intention to kill.
On Tuesday, English was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for the two weapons charges stemming from his attempt to assassinate Bessent.
As they say, once is by chance. Twice is a coincidence. Three times is a pattern. And we've got way more than three at this point.
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