ROGER SIMON: Nashville Coverup Escalates: Tennessee’s Governor Must Cancel Special Session.

Many are justifiably upset over what may or may not be in the “manifesto.” More rumors are flying around this city than country music star Morgan Wallen has hits. And I am not against protecting some of the privacy concerns involved here.

But whatever happened or didn’t, none of it, past or present, justifies Audrey Hale’s rage killings.

We live in a time when transgenderism is metastasizing faster than any of us could have believed possible even a few years ago. It’s only a slight exaggeration to say every other family has a child suddenly thinking that the normal growing pains of adolescence mean they have gender dysphoria and that changing their sex is the solution to a happy life.

Briefly put—that’s insane.

It’s become a national, even international, insanity that leads almost always to an excruciatingly unhappy life. Witness Audrey Hale.

Before we can figure out what to do, we absolutely must know what the transgendered Hale, or her physicians, put in her body that generated so much rage that she could kill six people and evidently want to kill many more.

Is it testosterone? At what dosage? What about antidepressants, which many are now saying have significant negative side effects or create unintended outcomes?

Forget AK-47s. These or other medications that are being given almost willy-nilly may be the real murder weapons.

Does Gov. Lee know Ms. Hale’s medical history? If so, why doesn’t he tell us before urging his Assembly to enact legislation? Isn’t he concerned that others may act out in the manner of Ms. Hale, whether in Tennessee or the other 49 states? What happened in Nashville could have happened anywhere.

I don’t want to speculate further here, but I can tell you this: The left seems currently in love with the transgender movement.  It’s their latest cause célèbre, no matter how many lives it destroys.

Earlier: Release The Nashville Manifesto.