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Far-right media personality Candace Owens on Thursday tried to link the acceptance of transgender people into society to a deadly kidnapping in Memphis.
On Tucker Carlson Tonight, the namesake host described the kidnapping and murder of kindergarten teacher Eliza Fletcher. Carlson also informed viewers that a teenager in Memphis had been arrested early Thursday after allegedly going on a 20-hour shooting rampage through the city that left at least four dead and at least three injured. The suspect, Ezekiel Kelly, had been sentenced last year to three years in jail but was released in March after serving 11 months.
“Criminal justice reform was a popular notion,” began Carlson. “There were hundreds of millions of people in prison for possession of marijuana, they were all doing life, they all needed to be let out immediately. This was kind of going around, and some Republicans apparently still believe it. What has been the effect of it?”