Actress and comedian Rosie O’Donnell apologized Sunday after wrongly claiming that the Minneapolis Catholic school shooter was a “MAGA supporter, a Republican, and a White supremacist.”
Her initial remarks came Thursday, just hours after the attack at Annunciation Catholic Church and School that left two children dead and 18 others injured, including 15 students.
O’Donnell’s False Claim
In her first video post, O’Donnell compared the tragedy to the Columbine massacre of 1999 and expressed disbelief at recurring school shootings.
“What do you know? It was a white guy, Republican, MAGA person. What do you know? White supremacists,” she said in the since-deleted clip.
Rosie O’Donnell falsely says the Minneapolis trans attacker was a “Republican, MAGA person, white supremacist.”
Rosie has a daughter who identities as they/them so you can see why Rosie ignores that the attacker was leftist and trans.
Rosie can’t face reality.
(rosie on TT) pic.twitter.com/tquNQEU7Mt
— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) August 29, 2025
Sunday Apology
By Sunday, O’Donnell backtracked, admitting her assumptions about the shooter were false.
“You are right. I did not do my due diligence