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Newsweek recently ran a story about a bogus poll conducted by the hookup app Hornet that found a large percentage of gay men plan to vote for Donald Trump in November. Of the 1,200 people surveyed, 51 percent said they supported Joe Biden in the upcoming election, compared to 45 percent who said they supported Trump.

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Despite being called out by media outlets and professional pollsters for being incomplete, inaccurate, and “unlikely to be representative” of LGBTQ voters, Fox News still ran with Hornet’s poll as though it were true. Tucker Carlson even had gay conservative Eddie Scarry, author of “Privileged Victims,” on his primetime show to talk about it.

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We decided to do a deep dive into the #GaysForTrump and #LGBTQForTrump hashtags on Instagram to see if we could learn who these alleged 45% of gay people were, as well as to see if we might be able to learn why they support a candidate who has been actively working against their best interests for three and a half years.

Here’s what we found…

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https://www.instagram.com/p/CFjQHdZgiJH/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CE5BiPdAv_7/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CFQ9hFTgQyX/

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https://www.instagram.com/p/CEaUocZgMOR/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CFFloj2g4hm/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CDobW8KA4fe/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CCKG1JmgZjb/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CFLNARfAsY2/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CFTLVtpAuH5/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CD7U54zAcwx/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CFesuC1DLSr/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CEhu9JFAOOs/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CEYK5-6FUXE/

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https://www.instagram.com/p/CFcWghxBI9Z/

https://www.instagram.com/p/B_PEDqZBiRW/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CElC4bxpco1/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CFXHV-8B9vq/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CFV7nGkhYzx/

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