GOP Homophobia Archives

Yale Drag Fail

August 12, 2024 Buck Banks

As a teen, JD questioned, which doesn’t make him a fag.
While at Yale, he dressed like a girl (we assume) as a gag.
The eyeliner was smokey,
But the blonde wig was hokey,
And Trump’s VP looked like a childless cat lady in drag.

Alabama Mayor Calls for Killing Gays

June 5, 2019 Buck Banks

“We live in a society where homosexuals lecture us on morals, transvestites lecture us on human biology, baby killers lecture us on human rights and socialists lecture us on economics! … The only way to change it would be to kill the problem out. I know it’s bad to say but without killing them out there’s no way to fix it.”

— Carbon Hill, Alabama, Mayor Mark Chamber (R), is apologizing after he recommended “killing” members of the LGBTQ community in a now-deleted Facebook post. WBRC reports.

W.Va. GOP Lawmaker Compares Gay Community to the Ku Klux Klan

February 12, 2019 Buck Banks

“The LGBTQ is a modern day version of the Ku Klux Klan, without wearing hoods with their antics of hate.”

— West Virginia Delegate Eric Porterfield (R) compared the gay community to the Ku Klux Klan after an anti-gay and lesbian rant he delivered in committee, the West Virginia Mail Gazette reports. He also called the gay community a “terrorist group” and said he is being “persecuted” by the gay community in retaliation for his remarks, including receiving threats on Facebook and voicemails.

Biden Bashes Homophobes

October 5, 2015 Buck Banks

There’s homophobes still left. Most of them are running for president, I think.

— Vice President Joe Biden, quoted by The Hill.

Most Republicans Still Against Gay Marriage

July 10, 2015 Buck Banks

63%

Of Republicans oppose the Supreme Court’s backing of gay marriage, which gives hope for conservative presidential candidates who have come out strongly against marriage equality, a new Reuters poll finds. “When asked in general whether they support allowing same-sex couples to marry, 51% of Americans say they do, while 35 percent oppose it. Forty-eight percent of independent voters back gay marriage, making it difficult for a conservative Republican to win general election votes on the issue.”

Ted Cruz Would Be a ‘Watchman on the Wall’ in ‘Game of Thrones’

May 22, 2015 Buck Banks

The modern Democratic Party has become so radical, so extreme, that they have determined that their devotion to mandatory gay marriage in all 50 states trumps any allegiance to religious liberty under the First Amendment. We’ve got an obligation, as this conference recognizes, to be watchmen on the wall.

— Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), quoted by Time.

Ted Cruz Thinks Gay Rights Has Something to Do with Sex

May 20, 2015 Buck Banks

Is there something about the left — and I am going to put the media in this category — that is obsessed with sex?

— Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), quoted by the Texas Tribune, when asked about gay rights.

Most Republicans Say They Would Attend a Gay Wedding

April 29, 2015April 29, 2015 Buck Banks

56%

Of Republicans would attend the gay wedding of a loved one if invited, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. That compares with 80% of Democrats and 70% of independents, who said they would go. Overall, 68% of Americans would attend, the poll showed, while 19% would not and 13% were unsure.

Anti-Gay Gay Republican Outs Himself Via Grindr

April 29, 2015 Buck Banks

That’s what gay guys do on gay sites, don’t they? That’s how things happen on Grindr. It’s a gay chat site. It’s not the first thing you do on that site. That’s what we do, exchange pics on the site.

— North Dakota State Rep. Randy Boehning (R), confirming he was “Top Man!” on Grindr and saying he doesn’t think sending a graphic photo of himself to a stranger is a lapse in judgment, as Grindr is an adult site where users often exchange such images, reported Mediaite. After Rep. Boehning voted against a bill that would have expanded anti-discrimination rights for LGBT citizens, the Fargo Forum published a front page featuring his photo and the photos of every representative who voted against the bill. Dustin Smith, a 21-year-old Bismarck resident, recognized Boehning as a Grindr user named “Top Man!” who’d been flirting with him for a year and sending him pictures, some with his face, and at least one dick pic.

Jenner’s Gender Up-Ender

April 27, 2015April 27, 2015 Buck Banks

We weren’t shocked that Bruce Jenner wants to be a woman,
But we were appalled that he’s a transgender Republican.
Will the party of Lincoln
Accept the ex-Olympian?
They should, so they could say, “At least we’ve got one of ’em.”

— Carbon Hill, Alabama, Mayor Mark Chamber (R), is apologizing after he recommended “killing” members of the LGBTQ community in a now-deleted Facebook post. WBRC reports.

“The LGBTQ is a modern day version of the Ku Klux Klan, without wearing hoods with their antics of hate.”

There’s homophobes still left. Most of them are running for president, I think.

— Vice President Joe Biden, quoted by The Hill.

63%

— Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), quoted by Time.

Is there something about the left — and I am going to put the media in this category — that is obsessed with sex?

— Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), quoted by the Texas Tribune, when asked about gay rights.

56%

Of Republicans would attend the gay wedding of a loved one if invited, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. That compares with 80% of Democrats and 70% of independents, who said they would go. Overall, 68% of Americans would attend, the poll showed, while 19% would not and 13% were unsure.

That’s what gay guys do on gay sites, don’t they? That’s how things happen on Grindr. It’s a gay chat site. It’s not the first thing you do on that site. That’s what we do, exchange pics on the site.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“Yes they can control the weather. It’s ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it can’t be done.”

— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), accusing Democrats of creating Hurricane Helene for political purposes.

“Liberty in Georgia includes in its meaning, in its protections, and in its bundle of rights the power of a woman to control her own body, to decide what happens to it and in it, and to reject state interference with her healthcare choices.”

— Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney finding that Georgia’s six-week abortion law violates Georgia’s Constitution, reports the AP.

“Maybe we’ll pay off the $35 trillion US debt in crypto. I’ll write on a little piece of paper ‘$35 trillion crypto we have no debt.’ That’s what I like.”

— Donald Trump, floating a plan to address the federal budget deficit and demonstrating his deep understanding of the crypto marketplace.

“To my friends in Nebraska, that one electoral vote could be the difference between Harris being president and not, and she’s a disaster for Nebraska and the world.”

— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), quoted by Politico, on his trip to Nebraska to push for the state’s Republican leadership to change how it awards its electoral votes.

“I will if he does. That’s a trade-off I’d do.”

— George Clooney, on Jimmy Kimmel Live, responding to Donald Trump’s call for him “to get out of politics.”

Numerati

254,000

“The pace of hiring picked up strongly in September and the unemployment rate ticked down to 4.1%, signs the economy had continued momentum in a month the Federal Reserve delivered its first interest-rate cut in four years,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

49% to 44%

A new Susquehanna poll finds Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump nationally among likely voters, 49% to 44%.

40 trillion

$55 million

Kamala Harris raised about $55 million in high-dollar events in California this weekend, a haul that pads her financial advantage over Donald Trump, Bloomberg reports.

57%

A new NBC News poll finds about 57% of voters report feeling negatively about Project 2025, with 51% saying they see the proposal “very” negatively and another 7% saying they view it “somewhat” negatively. Just 4% of voters reported viewing the conservative policy plan positively.