Twitter page, Pinko Scum, showed Denker reloading an assault rifle multiple times while staring into the camera. The clip has so far been viewed more than 2.5 million times.Newsweek has reached out to Denker via email for comment.The clip was captioned: "While advocating just for trans people to 'arm ourselves' is not any kind of solution to the genocide we are facing, I do want to say that if you transphobes do try to come for me...'"The remainder of the caption was cut short in the images and reposts shared online.
Most of Denker's social media accounts were made private after the clip went viral.According to a report by San Diego Gay and Lesbian News, the rest of the caption read: "If you transphobes try to come after me, I'll take a few of you with me."While many social media users have said they have found the video unnerving due to the recent shooting, Denker has previously posted videos on YouTube showing rifles and appears to own guns.
Similar videos often circulate on social media from gun activists.Another trans lunatic showing off ‘her’ gun. Why are these mentally ill people not locked up in a psychiatric facility?
pic.twitter.com/iPjY9TRMNuWhile Denker's Twitter page is now more private, a visible bio addresses the popularity of the clip.Denker wrote: "The FBI's joint terrorism task force contacted *me* to let me know that they are watching *YALL harassers,* not me.