Former Democratic Socialist campaign volunteer and transgender activist from Wisconsin, Teha Delaruelle, called for violence against Republicans in a series of social media videos.
One video shows him sitting in front of a dry-erase board that reads “kill your local Republican,” according to the New York Post.
🚨 WOW: Wisconsin Democrat staffer, Teha Delaruelle is calling on activists to “K*LL YOUR LOCAL REPUBLICAN.”
“We’re going to make this the moderate position for the state of Wisconsin”
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— Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) July 1, 2026
“We’re going to make this the moderate position for the state of Wisconsin,” the activist says, pointing to the message on the board. “But I need your help, because we have one month to do this, so let’s do it,” he says before giving a double thumbs-up to the camera.
In another video, Delaruelle declared, “We’re doing trans jihad.”
“We are doing Trans Jihad”@FBI @FBIDirectorKash pic.twitter.com/66bZDakLkF
— Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) July 1, 2026
“It’s about making the oppressor, the bigots, the animals that make up MAGA, for example, right? So for decades, everyone else, all the marginalized in-house minorities, we’ve had to be the ones that walk down the streets with anxiety, with fear, but no, no more, no, no, no, no, no, no more, folks,” Delaruelle says.
“We’re gonna do the reverse. We’re gonna make it so that they will be the ones that have to walk down the streets in fear, anxiety and worry. And we’re not gonna make this like, oh, they gotta do this for like, a week or something, where they get really scared. No, this is their new reality. And it’s never gonna change,” Delaruelle added.
He ended the video by saying “peace” and flashing a two-finger peace sign.
Delaruelle also wrote multiple Substack posts about Wisconsin politics and what he called “trans jihad.”
“Society desires nothing less than our total extermination, therefore we must destroy their society,” he wrote. “We must answer this call to an existential struggle, our jihad, our trans jihad.”
Delaruelle previously volunteered for Democratic Socialist Katrina deVille’s campaign for Wisconsin’s 8th Congressional District. DeVille is on the ballot in the upcoming Democratic primary in August. Both Delaruelle and deVille identify as transgender women.
DeVille told the New York Post that Delaruelle volunteered only briefly before being removed because he was “deeply troubled.”
The candidate said he blocked Delaruelle from all of his social media accounts because Delaruelle was “actively creating a dangerous situation around my campaign.”
“I want to be clear that I do not accept or condone violence or threats toward anyone and do not encourage violence, hate, or threats of any kind,” deVille said.
The Republican Party of Brown County, Wisconsin, also condemned Delaruelle’s remarks.
“The Republican Party of Brown County rejects all political violence and threats.”
Rep. Tom Tiffany, a Republican running for Wisconsin governor, also responded to Delaruelle’s videos. “Just sick all around,” he posted on X.
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