The gender-confused man who murdered his wife and son at a Rhode Island hockey game defended men in women’s bathrooms, said transgender people go “BESERK” when criticized, and urged the Right to welcome “conservative trans people,” a review of his social media reveals
The X posts of shooter Robert Dorgan, who called himself “Roberta,” suggest that he adhered to a disjointed belief system that blended transgender ideology, Jew hatred, Nazi iconography, and pornography, as well as some standard conservative views. The posts give a picture of Dorgan’s twisted mental state in the weeks leading up to the deadly attack at a high school hockey game in Pawtucket.
During the attack, Dorgan killed himself, his ex-wife, Rhonda Dorgan and their adult son, Aidan, and left Rhonda Dorgan’s parents and family friend Thomas Geruso injured. Court records from 2020 show that Dorgan’s wife filed for divorce, initially citing “gender reassignment surgery, narcissistic + personality disorder traits” as the reason before crossing them out and writing “irreconcilable differences.”
Just one day before he opened fire in Pawtucket, Dorgan posted on X that transgender people go “berserk” because of criticism of their identity.
Responding to Christian actor Kevin Sorbo’s post on X that transgender-identifying Rep. “Sarah” McBride was a man, Dorgan posted, “Keep bashing us. but do not wonder why we Go BERSERK.” He added in another post, “Go f your mutha.”
After Alex Jones responded to Sorbo’s post by saying, “creepy,” Dorgan wrote, “stfu Alex dont be so butt hurtt over somebody different. then wonder why trans ppl go fkn BERSERK.”
The shooting comes just days after a transgender-identifying man opened fire at a school in Canada, killing six people at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia. Transgender-identifying shooters also carried out deadly attacks on Christian schools in Nashville in 2023 and in Minneapolis in 2025. In the aftermath of the Minneapolis shooting, officials in the Justice Department began considering a ban on gun ownership for transgender-identifying people.
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Other posts from Dorgan show him telling conservatives to compromise on transgender ideology and discussing how his wife did not approve of his decision to identify as a woman.
In September 2018, Dorgan shared an article called “What Is It Like Being Married To A Transgender Woman.” Dorgan wrote, “My wife says she Hates the person who stole her husband. I think it’s extremely important to take special care of those who stand by us. Listen and understand what they are going through for our sake!”
In another post from May 2019, he wrote, “Transwoman, 6 kids: wife- not thrilled.”
Dorgan called the young woman who won $2 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit after she had her breasts removed at age 16 because she identified as a boy a “jerk” and an “a hole.”
“Total utter BS. that jerk signed off on his / her own procedures. no one put a GD to their head. Now ppl trying to help you get sued?! f – that tuff toenails baby,” he wrote on February 5, 2026.
In another post, he wrote, “now the ‘conservative-inc’ has some juicy BS talking points from some A hole nutjob looking for a quick buck. shouldnt pay out one dime.”
Dorgan also downplayed concerns about men going into women’s bathrooms because of their gender confusion.
“Ask women this basic question: do you see more at a beach or a restroom? case closed no ones Ever seen another persons nipple or [women’s genitalia] in a ladies room,” he wrote.
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In another post, Dorgan chalked up a Canadian court ordering the state health agency to craft a custom vagina for a man while leaving his penis intact to “body jewelry/modification.”
He also appeared to claim that historical figures like Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and King James were all gay.
Dorgan claimed to be a conservative, and he frequently shared posts from conservative figures like White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, undercover journalist James O’Keefe, and others.
More posts show Dorgan claiming that he was conservative because he hated taxes, abortion, and supported the Second Amendment. “My gripe is the knee jerk reaction that ‘ALL’ lgbt are ‘D’,” he wrote.
He also objected to the suggestion that LGBT identifying people were on the left. “Hey MF whole bunch of LGBT aint commies aight,” he wrote. In another, he said, “support conservative trans ppl.”
“Rugged -Individual Conservatives are somehow Obsessed with my shirt, my chromosomes and whats in my underwear. its freakin Bizzare,” he wrote in one post.
In another, he wrote: “Honest question how is what’s in my underwear related to you somehow this is what I can’t understand with the political right in general my genitals take up permanent space inside your head for no reason whatsoever.”
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Dorgan frequently shared posts from Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and former Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R), and often interacted with posts related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
At the same time, he frequently shared clips of white nationalist Nick Fuentes speaking, calling Fuentes “sXe.”
One post he shared claimed that the “Jews killed Charlie,” and another wildly asserted that Israel orchestrated Kirk’s assassination so that Daily Wire editor emeritus Ben Shapiro could take over Turning Point USA.
The suspect accused of assassinating Kirk had a trans-identifying romantic partner.
Other posts alluded to American neonazi William Pierce, praised music videos glorifying the Nazis, and suggested he embraced “world wide white pride.” In October 2024, he wrote that he was “post op” transgender and “to the right of Hitler.”
Photos on social media circulating of Dorgan appeared to show he had Nazi-affiliated tattoos.
He frequently commented on pornographic posts at the same time as he obsessed about the influence of Jeffrey Epstein. One disturbing photo he shared on X showed Dorgan posing in a thong while standing outside admiring a motorcycle.
Law enforcement said that Dorgan had two guns on him, a Glock 10 mm and a SIG Sauer P226. In a post from January 31, 2026, he boasted about having a 10mm 357SIG. Ironically, he wrote on January 25, 2025, less than one month before the shooting, that “rational, thinking, people realize that there are certain places you’re simply not allowed to carry.”
Family members have come out and said that the shooting was motivated by anger at his family.
“I just want to make sure people understand this was one person’s vendetta against their family,” Amanda Wallace-Hubbard, Dorgan’s daughter, told WPRI.
“We were targeted,” she added. “This was very specific. It wasn’t random.”
