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Ted Cruz Describes Planned Parenthood Shooter As "'Transgendered' Leftist Activist"

What else can the GOP blame on the LGBT community?

We weren't surprised when Republican presidential candidates tried to distance themselves and the anti-abortion community from Robert Lewis Dear, the man opened fire in a Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs on Friday, killing three and injuring nine others.

But we were stunned with Ted Cruz told a reporter at a campaign stop today that Dear was actually a "transgendered [sic] leftist activist."

Cruz was propagating a popular right-wing conspiracy that the disturbed murderer was trans because his voter registration ID listed him a female.

As Think Progress reports, there's no evidence to support Dear was transgender, and the voter ID was most likely a clerical error.

Conservatives have been working feverishly to rewrite the narrative since Friday's massacre became public: Some tried to suggest Dear was actually trying to rob a nearby Chase Bank when he entered the clinic, despite the fact that he uttered "no more baby parts."

Demonizing LGBTs—and especially trans people—is a classic move by Republicans, who recently re-framed the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance as a free pass for men to barge into women's bathrooms.

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