Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar.Reuters In the wake of the Uvalde mas shooting, disinformation about the identity of the shooter began to spread. GOP Rep. Paul Gosar spread the false claim that the shooter was a "transexual leftist illegal alien." The claim spread from 4Chan to be pushed by right-wing influencers. In the hours after the mass shooting in an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 children and 2 adults dead, rumors and disinformation about the shooter began to spread.Among them was the claim promoted by Republican Arizona Rep.