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Eugene

(62,685 posts)
Tue May 2, 2023, 08:57 PM May 2023

Florida Republican Lawmaker Admits GOP's Hatred of LGBTQ+ People

Earlier DU threads:
"Our terrorist enemies hate homosexuals more than WE DO."
Viral picture: Florida Jeff Holcomb says "our terrorist enemies hate homosexuals more than we do"

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Source: The Advocate

Florida Republican Lawmaker Admits GOP’s Hatred of LGBTQ+ People

Republican Rep. Jeff Holcomb spoke in Florida’s House, and his remarks drew gasps and disturbed looks.

CHRISTOPHER WIGGINS
MAY 02 2023 1:00 PM EST

A Florida state representative expressed how much his political party hates gay people while urging his colleagues to vote in favor of a bill urging Congress to “restore” the military’s “warfighting ethos” and rid it of “woke social engineering and experimentation practices.”

On Monday, Republican Rep. Jeff Holcomb spoke in Florida’s House, but his remarks drew gasps and disturbed looks from some lawmakers.

“Isis, the Taliban, and Al-Qaeda, those are the folks who discriminate. We bombed a building in 2017 like we never usually do. We bombed it because they threw homosexuals off that building,” Holcomb said.

He then said out loud what many are saying was the quiet part.

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Read more: https://www.advocate.com/politics/florida-republicans-hate-homosexuals

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Florida Republican Lawmaker Admits GOP's Hatred of LGBTQ+ People (Original Post) Eugene May 2023 OP
The legislator in white behind him 😲😳 underpants May 2023 #1
I know, right? 😱 ShazzieB May 2023 #3
I did too. underpants May 2023 #4
That soundbite needs to be in every Democratic ad campaign. GOP is proud to be the party of HATE. Freethinker65 May 2023 #2

ShazzieB

(18,751 posts)
3. I know, right? 😱
Wed May 3, 2023, 07:16 AM
May 2023

I think that was State Rep. Kelly Skidmore. The article said she was "seated behind Holcomb as he spoke, recoiled, her disgust visible on her face."

Her reaction was priceless. I think that's the most perfect "shocked Piachu" look I've ever seen on a human! I actually burst out laughing. I hope that doesn't sound offensive. It was like a "gallows humor" response on my part.

Freethinker65

(11,147 posts)
2. That soundbite needs to be in every Democratic ad campaign. GOP is proud to be the party of HATE.
Tue May 2, 2023, 09:04 PM
May 2023

The GOP uses hatred to stoke fear in voters. What group will the GOP choose to hate next? It could be you.

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