A transgender activist and former campaign volunteer for a Democratic congressional candidate in Wisconsin called for deadly violence against Republicans — and vowed to unleash “trans jihad” against the “animals” in the MAGA movement in a series of unhinged videos on social media.
In one such posting, Teha Delaruelle, who briefly volunteered on the campaign of Wisconsin Democratic Socialist Katrina deVille, who is also transgender, sits in front of a dry-erase board scrawled with “kill your local Republican” in black marker.
“We’re going to make this the moderate position for the state of Wisconsin,” Delaruelle says while pointing at the sick message.
“But I need your help, because we have one month do to this, so let’s do it,” the activist says, flashing a double thumbs-up.
The timeframe is presumably a reference to deVille’s upcoming Aug. 11 Democratic primary, in which deVille is vying with two other Democrats to unseat GOP incumbent and staunch Trump ally Rep. Tony Wied.
In another twisted video, Delaruelle, a biological male who identifies as female, declared, “Just a reminder, we are doing trans jihad,” with a superimposed trans flag in the foreground featuring an outstretched arm holding a rifle with what looks like Arabic writing above it.
“It’s about making the oppressor, the bigots, the animals that make up MAGA, for example, right? So for decades, everyone else, all the marginalized, minorities, we’ve had to be the ones that walk down the streets with anxiety, with fear, but no, no more, no, no, no, no, no, no more, folks,” Delaruelle states disjointedly in the recording.
“We’re gonna do the reverse. We’re gonna make it so that they will be the ones that have to walk down the streets in fear, anxiety and worry. And we’re not gonna make this like, oh, they gotta do this for like, a week or something, where they get really scared. No, this is their new reality. And it’s never gonna change,” the crazed activist pledges before ponderously holding up two fingers and saying “peace.”
In an equally deranged Substack post along the same theme from earlier this month, Delaruelle bemoans what he calls an ongoing “genocide” against “trans and queer folk,” and says the only way to meet the threat is to wage war.
“Society desires nothing less than our total extermination, therefore we must destroy their society. We must answer this call to a [sic] existential struggle, our jihad, our Trans Jihad.”
Reached by email Thursday morning, deVille said Delaruelle was a campaign volunteer for a “very short while” but was removed when it became apparent they were “deeply troubled,” and later blocked from all of her accounts and pages “because they were actively creating a dangerous situation around my campaign.”
DeVille also denounced the former-volunteer’s alarming calls for violence against Republicans.
“I want to be clear that I do not accept or condone violence or threats toward anyone and do not encourage violence, hate, or threats of any kind,” deVille said.
“The threats she has posed have also made my life more dangerous, and I understand first hand how awful this is, how awful it feels, and how absolutely unacceptable any of this is.”
“I also hope that she is able to get help and find peace, and that no one becomes hurt or endangered from this senseless situation.”
Delaruelle did not immediately respond to The Post’s requests for comment.
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