Disgraced former representative Aaron Schock probably doesn’t have too many opportunities to be named a “guest of honor” anywhere, but this past weekend was the exception.
Schock and former US ambassador Richard Grenell were the dual guests of honor at a “pride” event in Nashville, Tennessee for gay Trump supporters.
The event was hosted by the Log Cabin Republicans and featured panels, parties and a Sunday brunch. So, sort of like a MAGA circuit party but with a lot more clothing.
Schock came out as gay in 2020 following a derailed political career in which he voted in favor of the Defense of Marriage Act and against lifting the ban on LGB people in the military.
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Grenell served as Trump’s ambassador to Germany, actively promulgated the Big Lie that the 2020 election was rigged, and then took a job with an anti-LGBTQ legal group.
Other distinguished attendees included transphobic YouTuber Arielle Scarcella, who has stated her belief that non-binary people aren’t real because they don’t support Donald Trump, singer Ricky “American” Rebel, and right-wing podcaster Spencer Klavan performing as “The Preacher.” We aren’t sure what that last part means but it sounds awful nonetheless.
Rep. Josh Higganbotham (R-WV), Rep. Joe Alexander (R-NH), and Rep. Eddie Mannis (R-TN) also participated.
Cam
Schock is still out representing for the bigots. No surprise.
G-Man
He is a disgusting little man and I have zero respect for anyone that thinks what he did is okay.
redzebra1
Anything for attention for GLBTIQ people that ignore his voting record!
fpcinnyc
Forget them all. And by “Forget” I really mean another “F” word.
Fahd
Mr. Schock once dismissed his critics by saying “haters gonna hate”. Where he is concerned, pretty much any decent person gonna.
Also, I assume that when Mr. Tracer writes “[O}ther distinguished attendees….” he is being sarcastic.
I’m glad this group came together. It will help them to prepare for the special place in hell that is reserved for them.
Max
not such much prepare as to easily identify them (when grouped together) for pushing all at once into the infernal pit.
Donston
People need to learn that being publicly “out” does not automatically change people. Upbringing, religion, family, internalized phobias, past traumas, mental health issues, insecurities, hate, whiteness- these things frequently “trump” everything else. And I’m sure if someone gave him a substantial political career again and all he had to do was vote for anti queer politics again, he’d do it. They don’t give a shit about people or politics. They only want their anger and superiority complexes to be justified, and they only care about power, money, validation, protecting their ego, etc. These types of sellouts will always be sellouts, whether they’re out or not.
It is funny how they gathered to praise a bunch of has-beens and scandalized folks. Just to pat each other on the back and convince each other that they’re not villains. Also, for attention.
BaltoSteve
In a related story, Schock had to suspend his Grindr account for the weekend as this was the only time Thirsty Ass Log Cabin Republicans have a chance of getting laid during the year.
richybruce
Listen, just because you’re gay doesn’t mean your brains aren’t in your balls.
Josh in OR
Absolutely agree.
With Schock, Grenell, little Milo, and the Hitler-loving, lying-about-everything guy whose name I can’t recall…whatshisname…you know the guy…Crippled Ken Doll (R)? Whatever, the descriptor applies to pretty much all of them, anyway, so…
They’ve clearly shown that their brains aren’t in their balls. Their brains are clearly in their asses, housed in whichever buttock is closest to their wallet…
tmbrdly
Josh in OR you are referring to Madison Cawthorn, tree-beater, sexual predator and insurrectionist.
Troyfight
@Josh…. oregon here, too, handsome.
Invader7
Schock ,Grennell et al all have their own special kind of deep, dark karma /Hell…
Jon in Canada
The only good Homocon is a…
You know the rest.
Doug
Whether we like it or not, I’ve heard from at least three gay men who couldn’t care less what he’s done in his past because he’s “cute…” They’d hop into the sack with him any day.
Donston
That’s not news. Probably the majority of guys don’t care about someone’s politics and morals when it comes to hookups. And a lot of folks get off on hooking up with closet cases, “straight presenting” dudes, hateful guys or Republican guys. They see it as “subversive”. It’s pretty much a fetish.
jaimedance3
And yet this publication gives him the publicity that he is seeking which many of us are asking you to stop giving him that publicity!
redzebra1
I doubt he wants publicity with mainstream LGBTIQ press outlets. More the right-wing ones, they’re his crowd. At least seeing this here, event organisers might notice & blacklist him
GayConservMan
Well, this article has two inaccuracies:
1. This was not an event for gay Trump supporters. This was an event for gay conservatives. Most of us LOVE TRUMP but some do not.
2. Schock was not honored. He appeared at the event as a guest, just as others were.
Just because you are gay does not mean you have to be a democrat. It’s ok to have other beliefs.
charlietex
No, it isn’t actually ok to have other views when they include a political party that actually would prefer you didn’t exist. It is actually pretty screwed up and demonstrates how self-hating many of you are.
The Republican Party platform still states that they affirm traditional marriage and family values. Never mind that they have perverted what both of those things mean, you supporting that as a gay man makes you the same as nazi party supporting Jew.
Kangol2
You can have “other beliefs,” not be a “Democrat,” and still not belong to a party like the GOP or group like conservatives who are actively agitating to strip LGBTQ people of our rights and equality. How can you even sleep at night knowing that you support people who want to degrade you and make you a second, third-class or even non-citizen? What kind of cognitive dissonance is that?
Hussain-TheCanadian
The similarities are uncanny, you lot are like “Jews for Hitler” – you should be ashamed of yourself and those beliefs you hold.
Cam
It’s always adorable when you right wing trolls try to hide bigotry and hatred of LGBTQ people behind the words “Other beliefs”.
Sweetie, if you have to try that hard to hide what those “other beliefs” are, you’ve already lost.
Fahd
What charlietex, Kango12, Hussain, Cam said.
wikidBSTN
Not if those “other beliefs” are that your own kind should be second class citizens or less. Are Log Cabin Republicans that dense and/or starved for attention?
Hey, we’re the NAACP – let’s invite a KKK leader to our meeting b/c he has a nice butt! Pathetic.
kumagiri
Are they?
Are they really real-life gay people gathering to see Aaron Shock?
Because there was a time when the GOP promised for a Trump rally in Tulsa, and I am still waiting for that Trump rally in Tulsa.
Kevan1
Trump Trash.