A failed GOP candidate, previously pardoned by President Donald Trump, was suspended from Twitter yesterday after threatening violence against a trans woman.
Angela Stanton-King stood as a congressional candidate in 2020 in Georgia. She ran as a Republican for Georgia’s 5th Congressional Seat (previously occupied by the late John Lewis). She lost, getting just under 15% of the vote.
Whilst campaigning, she made clear her anti-LGBTQ views, comparing gay men to pedophiles and praising men for being masculine (“Our men are not women and Our boys are not girls.”).
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It turns out some of that anger may have stemmed from things going on in her own family.
On Monday, Stanton-King took part in an episode of the Dr. Phil TV show. In an Instagram posting, Stanton-King pasted a message she received from one of the show’s researchers. They said they had read about the would-be lawmaker’s grievance with her own teenage trans daughter and invited them both on the show to try and resolve the issue.
However, if Stanton-King was hoping Dr. Phil McGraw would persuade her 19-year-old to listen to her mom, that didn’t happen.
Instead, Dr. Phil also invited a trans woman and well-known advocate, Ashlee Marie Preston on to talk about the reality of being trans and how to support a trans youth.
Stanton-King was outraged. Straight after filming, whilst leaving Paramount Studios, she posted a profanity-laden video in which she blasted Dr. Phil and the show’s producers for making out that she was a bad parent.
Media monitoring organization Right Wing Watch reposted some of the video to Twitter. Be warned, Stanton-King makes some horribly transphobic statements, and asserts, “my son is a man.”
Angela Stanton King, a Republican candidate for Congress in Georgia in 2020, has a transgender child. They taped an episode of “Dr. Phil” yesterday and judging by the vile rant she unleashed after, it did not go well. pic.twitter.com/1f7MXgo9hN
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) April 6, 2021
She also posted several tweets criticizing the show and Dr. Phil. She said she would not be helping her child to undergo medical transition, saying “The enemy can’t have him, perverts can’t have him.”
And then it got worse.
Stanton-King also ranted against Preston. In her video from the studio lot, Stanton-King refers to Preston as ‘sir’, criticizes Preston for being unable to have children, and for having the audacity to offer advice about supporting her trans teen.
Preston then posted a tweet, pledging to show support for Stanton-King’s 19-year-old trans daughter if her mother is unable to do so: “I will throw every resource at my disposal at her to see to it that she pops off. She is so beautiful, and intelligent (her little sister too) and she is a strong force ❤️ The apples fell far from that tree…”
The tweet sent Stanton-King over the edge.
Angela Stanton King’s response to a transgender woman offering her support for her daughter (censored child’s name). pic.twitter.com/qmM9eCmWto
— The Green Bastard from Parts Unknown (@PandemicMy) April 6, 2021
She responded to Preston, saying: “N*gga, if I catch you anywhere near my daughter I’ll cut your dick off for you…”
Within hours, King’s Twitter account had been suspended. She remains active on Instagram.
“Do y’all still have questions around why you need to show up for Black trans women?🙃” Preston reminded her followers on Instagram.
“Who do they think takes care of Trans and queer identified young adults and youth, when their families discard them? 🤔 I may not be able to birth children but I have mothered and mentored more people in this life than I can count. I have the stretch marks on my heart to prove it…❤️ I am not afraid of [Stanton-King] nor her Maga following. Given the recent onslaught of anti-trans legislation happening across the country; I’d say I’m just getting started.”
It’s not yet known when this episode of Dr. Phil will air. Queerty have contacted CBS for comment.
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Stanton-King is the goddaughter of Martin Luther King Jr.’s niece, Alveda King. She appeared in the BET docuseries From the Bottom Up and wrote a book in 2012 entitled, Life of a Real Housewife.
She was pardoned by President Donald Trump in February 2020 for a 2004 conviction on federal conspiracy charges for her reported role in a car theft ring. She served a six-month home confinement sentence in 2007 over the charges, recently telling the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “I turned my life around. I have completely redeemed my life.”
Chrisk
It makes sense that her former profession was a car thief. No empathy for anyone but herself. That and her Godmother is a major nutjob and homophobe herself so the apple didn’t fall anywhere but down in that case.
The fact that this raving bigoted cu*t from the hood was going to replace someone like John Lewis is hysterical if not tragic.
Heywood Jablowme
Words I never thought I’d write: I wish I’d seen that Dr. Phil show!
Mack
According to the article it has not aired yet.
Kangol2
So many things to say about this but let’s cheer that she ran in a district in which she has ZERO chance of winning. So she will not be misrepresenting the people of Georgia or anywhere else in Congress. Nor will she be sullying the name and legacy of John Lewis (RIP). I feel deeply for her child, who is trans and clearly is not going to receive the love, understanding and unconditional support from this MAGA monster that the child needs and deserves. People like Ashlee Marie Preston are the true superheroes, offering the kinds of love and support to trans and LGB people that monsters like Angela Stanton King cannot and will not. Stanton King would be grotesque just based on her treatment of her child, but the fact that she’s a MAGAt that Don the Con singled out of a pardon makes akin to a rotten cherry on a sh!tcake.
sfhairy
I see they took off the “trigger” warning. Cause you know, we’re adults and can handle news without this being labeled a triggering story.
Cam
By her own definition she is a terrible parent.
If she thinks having a trans kid is the choice of the kid and it means the parent has failed, well then I guess she failed.
Or, in the real world, if you are a hateful bigot who isn’t there for your child to help them through this experience, then by every other definition, you are a failed parent.
So there isn’t a world where this woman isn’t a terrible parent.
So glad this bigot lost and I hope her daughter is doing ok.
James
WHAT A SICK MISERABLE HAG. PITY ANYBODY WHO HAS THIS MORON IN THEIR LIFE.
Thad
Something is horribly wrong when a parent gets violent after their child is called beautiful and intelligent.
Fahd
What a spectacle! She’s really crazy with denial and can’t accept that she can’t control the situation. I’m glad Twitter acted, and I can only hope she accepts the help that seems to be being offered to her. I doubt she will though; seems like a lost cause. Can’t fix stupid. Meanwhile, her child needs to be protected from mom.
Kevan1
Funny how these people get bit in the a-ss for their bigotry.
Mike Hunt
Why are these people always “turning their life around” when they get into negative situations?
HenryHawke
Another Republicon nut job. Nothing surprising there. What’s sad and dangerous is that she ripped into her 19 yo trans daughter, who is legally an adult in all 50 states and the territories, and threatened violence against Ashlee Marie Preston. That is a terroristic threat made illegal by the Republicon backed Patriot Act. Angela Stanton King MUST be arrested and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law under the Patriot Act. “The Donald” can’t bail her out this time. Much ado about nothing? NO! HELL NO! We have violence against non-white people by those who are supposed to be protecting us from violence. We have violence against Asians because of the Trumpian lie that COVID-19 was purposely introduced by the Chinese. People are being attacked and killed because of their sexual preference either real or perceived. And the same for trans people who are being attacked by idiots like Angela Stanton King because their gender identity doesn’t match their physical appearance. Worse, people like this poor excuse for a mother, her political party and the religionists refuse to accept the FACT that being gay or transgender isn’t a choice and are proposing laws to roll back gay rights and access to medical care by transsexuals as well as using facilities and activities in line with their gender identity. Finally, they are also following the bigotry of the religionists and want to legalize discrimination against both groups based on their own religious beliefs. They’ve also upped the ante by proposing that medical professionals may NOT provide care to anyone in the gay and trans communities. Who’s next? Non-Republicons? People whose religious beliefs don’t match those of the evangelicals? We already know they want to legalize discrimination against anyone they consider “foreign” which include things like race and indigenous peoples of America. Again, NO! People like Angela Stanton King MUST be held accountable for instigating violence.