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Americans Who Support Transgender Interventions More Likely to Justify Political Violence: HHS Study

Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell

A new study commissioned by the Department of Health and Human Services has found a correlation between people who believe in radical gender ideology and a greater willingness to justify political violence.

The preregistered survey of 1,208 U.S. adults, obtained by the Daily Signal, found that stronger endorsement of so-called gender-affirming care was substantially associated with higher levels of left-wing authoritarianism, even after researchers accounted for political identity and age.

The report found a positive association between justification of political violence and endorsement of the gender-affirmation scale across all six scenarios studied, including the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, attempts against the life of President Donald Trump, arson at Immigration and Customs Enforcement buildings, property destruction, and violence against police.

Kirk, a conservative activist and Turning Point USA founder, was assassinated last September, with many leftists........

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