When it first happened; Leftie talking heads, MSM, alphabet crowds all screamed hate crime, result of GOP/Conservative rhetoric, etc etc etc
But as we learned later that the shooter identified as a nonbinary, using they/them... these screamers all of a sudden either went silent or trying to spin it. NYT wrote a hit-piece where they listed both his parents with troubled pasts and both as Republicans...

CNN even went as far as claiming that the shooter's lawyer is only using that to get out of the 'hate crime' charge....
Kristen Prata Browde, a co-chair of the National Trans Bar Association, said that a suspect’s gender identity should have no bearing on whether they can be prosecuted for a hate crime in the Club Q shooting.
“The motive for a crime isn’t dependent on whether you are or are not a member of a protected class,” Ms. Prata Browde said. “It legally has no significance, as far as whether the actions of this individual fit within the law regarding hate crimes.” - so, in her words... a person of one race can be tried as "hate crime" for the murder of his own race.
More info... he's being charged for 5 counts of first degree murder and 5 counts of "bias-motivated crime" - noticed the changes from "hate crime" to "bias-motivated" when they learned that he's nonbinary and uses they/them.