This morning, the hackitivist group Anonymous “unhooded” several prominent U.S. Senators and mayors who it claims are members of the Ku Klux Klan. One of the alleged “White Knights” is none other than the openly gay Democratic mayor of Lexington, KY, Jim Gray.
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62-year-old Grey came out publicly in 2005 while running for vice mayor of Lexington. In 2010, he became the city’s first openly gay mayor. And in 2014, he was re-elected for a second term.
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This morning, Gray took to Twitter to deny any involvement with the KKK:
This allegation from the group Anonymous is false, insulting and ridiculous. I have never had any relationship of any kind with the KKK.
— Mayor Jim Gray (@JimGrayLexKY) November 2, 2015
He followed that up with a second tweet a few minutes later:
I am opposed to everything the KKK stands for. I have no idea where this information came from, but wherever it came from, it is wrong. — Mayor Jim Gray (@JimGrayLexKY) November 2, 2015
He also posted the following statement to his official Facebook page:
The allegation made about me by the group Anonymous is false, insulting and ridiculous. I have never had any…
Posted by Mayor Jim Gray on Monday, November 2, 2015
Brenna Angel, a spokeswoman for Gray’s office, told the Lexington Herald-Leader they are “at a total loss” as to how the mayor’s name ended up on the list.
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Supporters of Gray were quick to come to his defense.
“I’ve known Mayor Gray and his family all of my life,” Rita Riherd wrote on Facebook. “This is absolutely the most ridiculous accusation.”
“Such an allegation could not be further from the truth,” Joe Terry added. “Jim Gray stand [sic] for all those things that the KKK traditionaly [sic] opposes.”
“I have known Jim since I have been in Lexington, worked with him on numerous occasions, and consider him a good friend,” Jim Alexander said. “I have seen his tireless work for equality for all of Lexington’s citizens no matter of color orientation or background or ethnicity.”
Other lawmakers outed by Anonymous for allegedly being involved with the KKK include U.S. Senators Thom Tillis of North Carolina, John Cornyn of Texas, Dan Coats of Indiana, and Johnny Isakson of Georgia, as well as mayors Madeline Rogero of Knoxville, TN; Paul D. Fraim of Norfolk, VA; Kent Guinn of Ocala, FL; and Tom Henry of Fort Wayne, IN.
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Bob LaBlah
Hey, if the Nazi’s can have gay members why not the KKK. See for yourself. Enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcOLZGVtXS4
Brian JC Kneeland
The KKK would have taken care of him by now (you know what I mean!).
Tony Chaplinski
we have to be very careful with this list, web pages not the best for facts
Anthony Howard-Lewis
I thinks it’s the Gay Gay Gay. Instead of the KKK! LOL! He still has my vote
barkomatic
It doesn’t seem likely that a Democratic openly gay senator would be affiliated with the KKK. I had read that anonymous broke into the Twitter account of a KKK member to get these names–but I never heard how that translates into supporting that group.
barkomatic
I meant “mayor”.
Roan
The twitter account associated with OperationKKK tweeted out that today’s data dump didn’t come from them. Their release is scheduled for November 5.
Captain Obvious
Wonder why these “hacktivists” haven’t been imprisoned for constantly breaking federal law.
Kevin Davis
I always knew the GayKK existed
Donna Balser
I deny that I’m alive, like he denies that he’s a KKK Gay.
KentonForshee
The current list is fake. The real list from the real Anonymous comes out Thursday.
Phil Krulic
I’ve seen conflicting sources on this list; the initial “outings” are being denied by Anonymous
Giancarlo85
It is a fake list probably put together by some right wingers.
Alistair Wiseman
Not likely, considering all of the mentioned senators are Republican.
But don’t let that stop you, you go ahead and keep making your ill-informed, unfounded accusations like you usually do.
Giancarlo85
Alistair foaming at the mouth again… probably a severe brain seizure. The list is fake, and the real one is the one I’ll be waiting for. You are all about ill-informed and stupid opinions. That’s why you’re conservative. Your entire belief system is BS.
Alistair Wiseman
@Giancarlo85:
Do everyone a favor and keep to your word.
“I am no longer responding to certain trolls because they cannot handle criticism and flag posts if they are challenged. The trolls in question are not capable of a logical, reasoned discussion based on evidence and sources… so they resort to censorship.
The trolls in question are a waste of time to engage as they are not willing to discuss anything.”
Giancarlo85
Somebody should get this conservative to a vet. Foaming at the mouth usually indicates rabies.
Cam
The group that people claimed released the names said that this is a fake list, that they never put it out, and that their list was coming out on Nov. 5th. Was all over twitter, should probably update that in the article.
Arcamenel
Anonymous has denied being a part of that leak. Although a gay white supremacist wouldn’t surprise me one bit.
Keith Perdue
I knew we’d start reading all sorts of denials & here they’re starting….
hyhybt
I wouldn’t trust the “real” Anonymous list to be accurate, much less a fake one. (Even if Anonymous presents real, unaltered information, it doesn’t mean it was accurate to begin with. A sloppy organization would easily wind up with extraneous contact information, and a clever one that wants to keep its membership secret might scatter others among the list intentionally in case it’s ever exposed.)
hyhybt
By the way, anybody else not getting articles by email anymore?
Will L
@Roan: Yeah, the real list won’t be out until Thursday.