The mother who was murdered by her school-shooter transgender son in Canada defended trans rights and urged her followers to stop “spewing bulls–t” online in a resurfaced Instagram post.
Jennifer Strang, mom of 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar and a self-described “conservative leaning libertarian,” unleashed a profanity-fueled rant in a July 2024 Instagram post — less than two years before the teen launched the Tuesday rampage that left eight dead.
Strang blasted online critics and warned that hatred is pushing transgender kids toward suicide — adding that such rhetoric makes them look “dumb.”
“As a conservative leaning libertarian who lives in the north and loves living in a small town. I really hope the hate I see online is just bored old people and not true hatred,” Strang raged, urging people to “evolve” and “do better and educate yourself before spewing bull—t online.
“I normally don’t say anything and I normally don’t go on s–tbook to see the keyboard warriors and I know I can’t control everything or shield my kids from everything but please for the love of f–k can you get your s–t together so we don’t have to bring our kids up in a world full of hatred.
“Do you have any idea how many kids are killing themselves over this kind of hate. Please STOP the bulls–t!”
Her son, an 18-year-old ex-student, launched his horrifying attack at a private residence in the sleepy rural community of Tumbler Ridge on Tuesday afternoon before continuing the carnage at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, where authorities said he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Six people were found dead inside the school, and the bodies of Van Rootselaar’s mother, 39, and stepbrother, 11, were discovered in a local residence, cops said.
The victims included one female teacher, three female students and two male students.
Approximately 25 others were wounded in the shooting, a few seriously, but most of
whom were being treated for non-life-threatening injuries at a local hospital.
The mass killing is considered among the deadliest shooting in Canada’s history.
