Sen. Marsha Blackburn Headlines TN Anti-Trans Rally Attended By Proud Boys, Christian Extremists [VIDEO]

Media Matters reports:

The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh held a rally in Tennessee against gender-affirming care, a follow-up to his targeted misinformation campaign against Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital.

Footage from the rally, which included speeches from Walsh, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and other media figures and local politicians, shows that it attracted a cadre of extremists, including members of the violent Proud Boys extremist group and multiple protesters brandishing signs explicitly calling for violence against medical professionals.

Following the rally, Walsh called the protesters “normal decent Americans” while Blackburn said she was “proud” to have participated. The rally also attracted fringe Christian fundamentalists who held oversized signs declaring, “homo sex is sin,” and that “hellfire awaits” gay people and “baby killers.

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At the link you’ll find photos of the signs calling for violence, which Blackburn could have easily seen from the stage. Also speaking at the rally was Tulsi Gabbard.

. @MarshaBlackburn headlined a rally in Nashville hosted by @MattWalshBlog to protest gender-affirming surgery for minors, the latest in the uproar that began when Walsh posted videos of @VUMChealth doctors discussing transgender care. Photos: @PartipiloJ.https://t.co/lSUTDahUJ6

— Tennessee Lookout (@TNLookout) October 22, 2022