A mass shooting carried out by the trans-identifying man Robin Westman has revealed that lies are far more dangerous than guns — despite the left’s unwavering belief that the two are flipped.

“A lot of people are evaluating the transgender angle of this, and it’s worthy of evaluation, but it’s really just a symptom of a much larger problem. And it’s a larger problem of the lies that we have introduced into American society, the lies of convenience that we tell in the name of tolerance, in the name of inclusion,” BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock explains on “Fearless.”

“Lies are actually the source of wickedness and evil. Lies are what got America in this place. Lies are more dangerous than guns,” he continues.

And Whitlock points out that in Minnesota, those who thrive on leftist lies are in control.

“Minnesota is a crazy place. … But trust me, if we were willing as Christians — so-called, self-professed Christians — if we were willing to live out the truth and the wisdom expressed in the Bible, Jacob Frey, George Floyd … this new guy from Somalia, Muslim that’s running for mayor, Ilhan Omar … they wouldn’t exist. Their lies would be intolerable to us,” Whitlock says.

“These lies are the slippery slope that will create tragedy after tragedy after tragedy. Our children will be more unsafe. We’re going to create more evil, wicked nutjobs and not get them the help that they need. And the help that they need is the truth,” he continues.

The truth for Robert Westman — who had changed his name to “Robin” Westman — is that he was not a woman and would never be one.

But the left refuses to point out the lie.

“These lies that we keep telling ourselves fuel a culture of deceit. And if Jesus Christ and the Bible are the source of truth, anything that stands in the way of truth is evil and wicked. It’s the antithesis of a biblical Christian obedient worldview,” Whitlock says.

“This is so obvious,” he continues, “but it’s also very dangerous because once you go down this path, once you start having this conversation and you start evaluating things from like, okay, are we serving Jesus Christ as our Lord and savior? And if we’re not, what are we really doing? And who are our real allies?”

“People don’t want to have these discussions because it could cost them money,” he says. “It could cost them reputation in the world.”

Want more from Jason Whitlock?

To enjoy more fearless conversations at the crossroads of culture, faith, sports, and comedy with Jason Whitlock, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

​Jason whitlock, Whitlock, Blaze media, Blaze, Blaze podcast network, Jason witlock, Sports podcast, The blaze, Blazetv, Video, Fearless, Fearless with jason whitlock, Youtube.com, Transgender shooter, Trans mass shooting, Robert westman, Robin westman, Transgender, Lgbtqia agenda, Lies, Gender lies, Gender ideology, Transgenderism, Gun control 

The Department of Homeland Security hasn’t deported nearly enough illegal aliens to justify the massive distraction and cost of providing security for the 2026 World Cup. In Secretary Kristi Noem’s own words, “the 2026 FIFA World Cup is anticipated to be the largest, most complex sporting event in the world — equivalent to a dozen Super Bowls over a single summer.”

Congress already allocated $625 million for World Cup security in Democrat-run cities, many of which fight Trump’s immigration agenda at every turn — including his effort to make those cities safer. That sum doesn’t even touch the other operational costs the administration will pick up, diverting substantial law enforcement bandwidth away from deportations.

In the absence of a serious mass deportation drive, hosting a summer-long soccer spectacle is an insult to Americans who want their country back.

Why shower these hostile jurisdictions with taxpayer dollars to celebrate a recreational export from the third world? It makes no sense. The DHS fills its feeds with memes invoking legacy America, then turns its focus from mass deportations to futbol. Add to that the wave of tourist visas that will be handed out to international fans, swelling an already absurd total of 55 million visa-holders inside the United States.

The numbers don’t add up

The Trump administration’s deportation progress remains anemic. Reliable statistics don’t exist because they aren’t being published, which runs directly against Trump’s own promises of transparency. It also mirrors the very failure senior Trump officials once blasted Biden for — refusing to release numbers.

What little we do know is piecemeal. The DHS told CNN that ICE deported nearly 200,000 people in the first seven months of Trump’s term. A senior official even boasted that put ICE “on track for its highest rate of removals in at least a decade.” But that still fell short of the administration’s stated target.

Even taking the 200,000 figure at face value, we’re still talking sub-Obama-level numbers. When Americans voted for Trump, they voted for the largest mass deportation in U.S. history. The second item on his 20 campaign promises spelled it out: millions removed from the interior, more than at any time in history.

Trump himself often invoked Dwight Eisenhower’s “Operation Wetback” as the benchmark. By most estimates, that meant removing about half of the illegal aliens in the country. Applied today, that’s roughly 10 million people — half of the often-cited 20 million total. Nothing we’ve seen so far comes close. The math just doesn’t math.

Self-deportation is a mirage

In the absence of solid deportation numbers, the administration has leaned on funky “self-deportation” estimates instead — survey-based economic studies that supposedly suggest that millions have left. The methodology is flimsy.

Worse, the DHS already has a direct way to measure: the CBP One app, which offers illegal aliens $1,000 to sign in and self-deport. Hundreds of millions have been spent promoting it. So how many have taken the payout? The DHS won’t say. And are we really to believe that “millions” of aliens supposedly self-deported while leaving free money on the table? Of course not.

The silence here tells the truth: The numbers don’t exist, which is why they aren’t public.

RELATED: Mass deportation or bust: Trump’s one shot to get it right

Photo by Emilio Flores/Anadolu via Getty Images

The wrong priorities

In the absence of a serious mass deportation drive, hosting a summer-long soccer spectacle is an insult to Americans who want their country back. Soccer remains the least American major sport, beloved mainly among non-English-speaking immigrant populations. Its popularity reflects our feckless, America-last immigration policy, not cultural confidence.

It would be both a political and operational mistake to stage a massive security mission for futbol while mass deportations continue to lag. For a DHS that has prioritized slick communications above execution, one can only imagine the hollow theatrics that will accompany this event.

If the administration starts putting commas into deportation numbers, maybe the World Cup can be tolerated. Until then, it is the wrong priority at the wrong time.

​Opinion & analysis, Opinion, Dhs, Department of homeland security, Fifa, World cup, Illegal immigration, Illegal aliens, Mass deportations, Self-deportation, Statistics 

The debate around stricter gun laws is raging after a deranged transgender gunman slaughtered two children and injured at least 17 others at a Catholic school in Minneapolis.

The shooter, Robert Westman — who changed his name to Robin Westman — posted videos to social media that show a handwritten manifesto with “kill Donald Trump” and “for the children” scrawled on gun magazines.

And while the left believes guns are to blame, others are focused on what they believe to be the shooter’s clearly deteriorated mental state.

“Nobody’s talking about how hopped up these kids are on any psych drug you can imagine,” BlazeTV contributor Jeremy Ryan Slate tells BlazeTV host Dave Landau on “Normal World.”

“I think it comes down to the SSRIs. Like, that is the thing that really needs to be handled because it was actually … Jim Marrs … he did a really big deep dive when he was still with us, obviously looking at a lot of the school shootings and the amount of SSRIs that are linked to them,” Slate explains. “And that is the problem that needs to be handled.”

“I think there’s way too much, maybe in therapy, looking into the past and not the present or future, because I think all that buildup also and then treating it is not – I don’t know. I went to high school for five years, so I could be way off,” Landau says, lightening the mood.

“Well, with therapists it seems like the past is just an endless well to keep you coming back,” BlazeTV contributor Austin Robertson chimes in.

And it’s not just therapy and SSRIs that are plaguing the youth.

“You even see this with a lot of the transgender stuff that’s been in the news, as well. If you see how quickly they’re prescribing people hormones after one appointment with somebody, I think it’s very similar to how SSRIs are given out,” Slate says.

“That whole thing is confusing to me,” Landau says. “Because I don’t know the stats and all the levels of it, but obviously, I think adding hormones on top of hormones and somebody’s certain age has got to be extremely dangerous.”

“I just feel like sometimes science oversteps,” he adds.

Want more ‘Normal World’?

To enjoy more whimsical satire, topical sketches, and comedic discussions from comedians Dave Landau and 1/4 Black Garrett, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

​Free, Upload, Video phone, Camera phone, Video, Sharing, Youtube.com, Normal world with dave landau, The blaze, Blazetv, Blaze news, Blaze podcasts, Blaze podcast network, Blaze media, Robert westman, Transgenders, Lgbtq agenda, Lgbtq, Transgender mass shooter, Mental health epidemic