(PM.) Podcaster Joe Rogan on Wednesday called out those who treat transgender people as a “protected class,” even if they are rapists or murderers.
During a recent episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, the commentator expressed disgust at officials gawking at the rarity of so-called “women [who] rape and murder a woman,” in reference to a case in which a man stalked, raped, and strangled his ex-girlfriend and then began identifying as a woman years later.
“I’m all for people being able to express themselves and live however they want, however, there was a story that I was reading — about this woman that brutally murdered and raped this woman, and about how unusual it is for a woman to brutally rape and murder another woman,” Rogan said.
“Well, it turns out it’s not a woman. It’s a trans woman, but they have to call it a woman. So they’re saying it’s a woman,” he continued. “So there’s people that are phrasing it in this woke speak.”
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Last week, the first openly transgender woman on death row, Amber McLaughlin, made headlines for calling on Missouri’s governor for a pardon due to mental illness.
McLaughlin, 49, was convicted of the murder of ex-girlfriend Beverly Guenther after sexually assaulting her and stabbing her to death in St. Louis County on Nov. 20, 2003, reports the Daily Mail. The felon transitioned at least 14 years later, as 2017 prison records show a male-presenting mugshot and birth name.
“It’s wrong when anyone’s executed regardless, but I hope that this is a first that doesn’t occur,” said federal public defender Larry Komp of the killer. Even though McLaughlin committed the crime while living and identifying as a biological male, the government employee described the transition as courageous.
“Amber has shown great courage in embracing who she is as a transgender woman, in spite of the potential for people reacting with hate, so I admire her display of courage,” Komp said.
Corrections Department spokeswoman Karen Pojmann added to the sentiment, pointing out how “unusual” it is for woman-on-woman homicides to occur.
