Brian Sims reminds me of that older next-door neighbor gay kids might have had crushes on in elementary school: sexy and smart, and so friendly we almost didn’t feel like outcasts when we were in his presence. And like those guys, our imaginations would run to the impossible dream: If only a man like that could be gay…
Sims, the 39-year-old Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, did in fact grow up gay, and his success in politics is making another dream come true: That LGBTQ people have an openly gay place in American politics. While there are a handful of out members of Congress (only Tammy Balwin in the Senate), at least we now have role models to emulate and inspire.
As an interviewee Sims is uncensored, yet somehow manages to answer every question like he’s read, contemplated, and written down the answer before you’ve even spit it out.
He speaks quickly—“it’s a habit I’ve always had”—and the only time he was at a loss for words was when I asked him what he thought about Cynthia Nixon’s run for Governor of New York (“I really haven’t had time to think about it”). The pause before he spoke was the one time over the course of two interviews that I had a moment to write down a note.
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He was happy to opine on everything from his favorite TV shows—“I don’t think I’ve missed an episode of Drag Race or Project Runway—to his partner of four years—”We’re a regular couple. Anytime I hear that we have a fairy tale relationship, I say no, we have a very real relationship.”
The discussion of his gay-world-renowned beard could take up an entire column.
Here’s what he had to say to Queerty in our exclusive interview.
Do you want to be the first gay President?
No, but I want to help her get elected. It won’t be me. The myriad of issues that women deal with in a patriarchal society gives them a leg up in our environment…It will happen in the next election cycle or two.
How do you take on being a serious politician and one of the biggest sex symbols in the gay stratosphere?
It’s a little-unmade bed. First and foremost, I don’t have a view of myself as a sex symbol in politics. I want everyone to feel attractive and validated. I don’t mind that people find me attractive, but women have had people dismiss them as subjects for their entire lives because they’re found attractive.
Then again, I was 300 pounds when I was 20 years old. If someone wanted to sit me down at 18, 19, 20, and say people will see me as a sex symbol, it would have affected my ego.
To those gay men who are in their teens and feel physically inadequate because they feel overweight like you did, what do you tell them?
I spend quite a bit of time talking to that generation. What I often tell people is, one day, perhaps sooner than later, those differences are going to be things you take pride in. Why be another horse in the herd when you can be a unicorn?
You wear muscle shirts on Instagram. Can gay women in politics wear tank tops without scrutiny?
It’s a double standard, the ways in which men are interacted with, depending on their dress and clothing. The LGBT community is not devoid of sexism and misogyny.
Women are often punished for acknowledging their own sexuality in ways that men are not. Voters are getting away from that. Getting away from fake-ass politicians. We don’t know what we want, but we know what we don’t want. Fake politicians. Yes, I hang out with friends. Yes, I wear tank tops. I’m very average.
As a gay man in politics, is there any added concern about maintaining a proper appearance?
I’m susceptible to having my feelings hurt. I’ve made the mistake now and again of over-reacting to a comment that was negative about my body type. I don’t want to be thick-skinned but I want to have an informed skin. Sometimes my beard looks good and sometimes my beard makes me look like I came out of the mountains for supplies.
Do you feel limited as to how you can act in public? Do you hold back?
No. If I were a gay woman, yes. But I carry a lot of privilege around. I don’t have a lot of extra pressure on myself.
How is the #metoo movement affecting politics?
I don’t even know where to start. It’s finally centering women in the discussion. It’s reminding everyone that bad acts can’t be passed off as boys being boys. It’s resetting a standard.
Do gay men physically overstep their boundaries in the way they relate to other men? Do they overstep their boundaries in relation to you?
I don’t think it’s fair to say all gay men do. In my experience, it’s far from all gay men. Yes, it happens to me. Gay men, many times, communicate in sexual innuendo. Rightfully or wrongfully, they bring those conversations into scenarios where it isn’t appropriate. My career has been about battling the sexualization of women. Some of the understanding is born of my own scenario, though they are incredibly different. The power dynamics are not the same.
Could someone like you go on Grindr?
I don’t know. I know that I have gay colleagues who use apps to date and to pursue relationships. I say that without one ounce of judgment. How people choose to act sexually is entirely up to them. That’s not to say a critic wouldn’t try to say something about it.
Do you like being identified as a bear?
I don’t care. I find all labels relatively harmless. Identities that people find within the community are camaraderie, about relating, about coming together, about fraternity. I’m well into my 30s, and at first, I didn’t know what to make of it, then I spent time around bears and felt grateful to be included in their community. They are interesting, kind, creative, and a lot of fun.
What is the LGBTQ cause closest to your heart?
First and foremost, representation. I have traveled the entire country to remind people about what being represented looks like. Barney Frank’s quote rings out daily: “If you don’t have a seat at the table you’re probably on the menu.”
What are your feelings about PrEP?
The bad controversy is somewhat manufactured—people who choose to shame others about the type of sexuality they exude or are adopting. Most people who are being pro-active about their health deserve a high-five and a hearty handshake.
What is the biggest cause, otherwise, closest to your heart?
Guns. I absolutely think things are changing after Parkland, both in a micro and macro way. In a micro way, the news is being dominated by these young people’s voices about this incident and the next one. On a macro level, we’ve reminded people that they are going to be the mantles. Right now they are doing more about guns than Congress.
What do you think of Trump?
I think Trump is just the most painfully unqualified person to ever be President. His level of bigotry and homophobia and transphobia and xenophobia—and he’s given a free pass for all of those people like him to step up and lead. I think he’s a monster.
Who are your favorite singers?
I’m a big Grateful Dead fan, and I’m digging on Kesha. Her new album is spectacular. During her time off she’s been honing her craft. She’s come back with a powerful voice and a powerful message.
Do you have a favorite movie this year?
Black Panther. I like superhero movies. I like underdog success stories. Finally, for the first time in America, a black American got a taste of what it feels like for every white American when they go to the movies. For them, about them, intended to lift them up. It’s about damn time.
She’s denied it, but do you think Oprah will run for President?
I don’t think so. I hope not. This country is filled with women who have spent years understanding the political process and we need to get away from this idea that simply having notoriety equals understanding job requirements.
Since you’re up for reelection yourself, will there ever be a beefcake pictorial?
No, but I’m sporting a really fun mustache now.
Kangol
Great interview with Rep. Brian Sims. One question I wish you’d asked is if and when he plans to run for Congress. He also shows a lot of grace and courage when dealing with his horrible right-wing, anti-gay Republican colleague Daryl Metcalfe, and thankfully doesn’t back down under the attacks.
Teddy Ready
This is the first time I have heard of Rep. Brian Sims. What a refreshing way to learn about his Credo and Intuitive Intelligence as an Elected Politician in Today’s World. This Interview has cast a New Hope upon Me that Maybe Someday that this kind of Politician will be the Norm in Campaigning, Debates and Speeches heard all over the World during Election Time. Thank you.
Mandrake
I agree with Brian Simms on all major issues. However, after watching the WHCD last night and reading Simm’s comment that he thinks Trump is a monster, when does all the vitriol and hatred freely and righteously expressed about the Trump Administration go over the line?
I don’t care how much one despises Trump and his White House staff, Michelle Wolf’s attacks made me cringe, and they were totally unfunny. I also ask whether “Monster” is an apropos public descriptive about the POTUS from a well respected politician?
Trump will likely be in office for another 2 years and 9 months. Is this particularly hateful and divisive language the type of discourse to expect for the rest of his term? Does Trump’s coarse name calling in tweets and rallies give license to us all. What does it gain for the country?
Cylest Brooks
I’m torn on this. There is part of me that sees where you’re coming from – this kind of behavior (Wolf’s routine, specifically) doesn’t represent me… or, arguably, most of the left… and kinda flies in the face of professional journalism. (She’s a comedian and not a journalist, though, so *shrug?*…) I am tired of using so much harsh, divisive language in my own conversations about politics, and I’m tired of hearing it from leaders.
On the reverse… a Nazi group rented the front page of an American newspaper to advertise its upcoming meetings. The KKK is back in full force, advertising their own meetings instead of hiding underground like the worthless cowards they are. And there are MILLIONS of American people who don’t have a problem with it. That kind of reality, in my opinion, calls for a temporary suspension of decorum in order to fight to the teeth to prevent what’s building in this country.
I don’t really know what the balance is. But I don’t have any problem with calling Trump a “monster” since he is literally terrorizing everything that stands to be good about this country.
Kangol
@Mandrake, this is not directed at you. But: I find it rich that people on the right who are always mocking “snowflakes” and supposedly championing “free speech” have breakdowns when they get a bit of their own medicine. Michelle Wolf is a comedian, not a politician, and Donald Trump has been roasted far worse, if you watch the clips from the roast that appeared on *Comedy Central* a few years ago. Also, Michelle Wolf let the Democrats and the press have it; I found some of what she said intemperate, but a lot of it was funny and on the mark. The media did create the Frankenstein monster now occupying the White House, and keeps trying to run from accountability in doing so.
In terms of calling Trump a “monster,” let’s keep in mind that many Republicans and even many Democrats did not speak out at all when people on the right called President Barack Obama and his family far worse, made threats against him, and so on. And that’s just the last president. I can remember when GOP US Senator Jesse Helms basically warned President Bill Clinton, a born Southerner, that he had “better watch out” about setting foot in North Carolina. The level of vitriol and invective, as well as the hypocrisy, didn’t begin with Trump’s candidacy. One would have had to be asleep for the last 55 years to see this. Extreme right-wingers put up wanted posters in Texas calling for John F. Kennedy’s death not long before he was shot in Dallas, let’s not forget.
I’ll end by noting that as much as I detested the disastrous policies of George W. Bush, to name just one recent GOP president, not even he lied as extensively as Trump; not even nor his administration was entangled in as much overt corruption (cf. Scott Pruitt, Hatch Act violations, Emoluments Clause violations) as Trump’s administration; no one in his campaign and administration are now alleged, even the Republican majority on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, if you read their report, to have negotiated with a foreign power (a violation of the Logan Act, and thus treason) before Trump took office, and there’s far more coming; and Bush, horrible as he was, did not actively praise neo-Nazis, white supremacists, incite violence during his campaign rallies against opponents and immigrants and so on.
(Last night Trump again blew a racist dog whistle about Latinxs, claiming they weren’t at his rally and didn’t support him (even though a significant portion did), and his former campaign manager gave a white supremacist sign from the stage. That is NOT acceptable behavior from a US president or someone linked to him.) Nor could Bush ever have gotten away with stating that he sexually violated women with impunity. I mean, you could go on and on, but “monster” in both the figurative/metaphorical and literal senses really isn’t that horrible under the circumstances.
LABrad
This guy also said Trump is “homophobic”. He’s not. He might be every other kind of phobic, but not homo. Trump’s mentor and role model was the controversial Roy Cohn who died of AIDS in ’86. Whatever ups and downs Donald had with Roy, it had nothing to do with him being gay.
Whether a man is straight or gay is a non-issue with Trump.
I know, I know…. we’re not supposed to say anything nice about Trump. But as a gay man, I think it’s important to not accuse someone of being homophobic when they’re not.
Kangol
@LABrad, let me ask you something, and I mean it without snarkiness. If a person is not homophobic personally, at least as far as we know, but they actively praise homophobes (Pence, Billy Graham, Graham’s son, Jerry Falwell’s son, etc.), run alongside them (Pence again, etc.), appoint them to positions of tremendous power (Gorsuch on the Supreme Court, numerous anti-gay conservatives to the federal courts, etc.), stay silent as homophobes actively work against gay people (the new anti-gay laws in Oklahoma and Alabama, with more underway, etc.), what do you call that person? Yes, that person has had a gay mentor–and don’t forget, Cohn was notorious about not publicly admitting to being gay or having AIDS, at least at first, but that’s another story–but if that person is aiding and abetting homophobes, is that not an issue for you? Again, I’m not snarking, but I am curious to hear your answer.
LABrad
Kangol I responded to you below… I just put it in the wrong place.
mhoffman953
@Kangol
Michelle Wolf’s stand up was terrible. It’s fine to make fun of the President but her “joke” that she hopes a tree falls on Kellyanne Conway, making fun of Sarah Sanders weight, and mocking the woman who died recently on that jetliner didn’t align with the supposed claim from the left that “when they go low, we go high”.
Plus, just because Trump praises people who are against gays doesn’t mean he’s homophobic. He never praised them for being homophobic. Billy Graham was praised by Hillary Clinton and Obama after his death, are they homophobic? A similar example would be people who praise our former Presidents who owned slaves, does that make those people racist? No, because they don’t praise those actions but other things the person has done. People from the Democratic party praised Robert Byrd even though he was a top ranking member in the KKK
If Trump is “homophobic”, then why did he just appoint an openly gay man to be the ambassador of Germany, the fourth largest economy in the world? Trump may not believe in gay marriage but he tolerates it. He has even said the issue is settled and his administration won’t be going back to overturn it. People don’t have to accept everything in this world as long as they tolerate it. The Trump administration has not implemented any anti-gay laws and instead are focusing on border security and the economy. They aren’t focusing on social issues.
Regarding the anti-gay laws in Oklahoma, it should not be up to a President to do anything at the state level. Those actions should be up to the state. More than likely, the law will be fought in court and rejected. If a President begins acting on state level issues, then that opens up Pandora’s box to a President in the future who may be anti-gay and begin saying that state’s cannot allow gay marriage to be recognized. It goes both ways.
JAWIWA
@LABrad, Cohn was never out. I doubt that Trump knew he was gay.
Kangol
@nhoffmann, did you watch Michelle Wolf’s performance or just listen to the right-wing echo chamber about it? She did not mock Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ weight. Where did you get that from, since it wasn’t in her monologue? (That’s the link to the full transcript, in case you don’t believe me.) Also, she said she didn’t want Conway hurt, just stuck so that she couldn’t keep lying. At any rate, “the left” never said made that statement, First Lady Michelle Obama did, so yet again, you’re misconstruing facts.
More than anything, though, you still have not addressed the fact that Donald Trump, who is not a comedian, but the President of the United States, regularly insults, slanders, lies about, degrades, and attacks people, including disabled people, women, immigrants, and on and on. It’s disgusting, but so many people on the right remain silent or look the other way, and the “liberal” media often repeats his slur-filled tweets without any criticism. Like I said, the right and the media are grossly hypocritical about this comedian’s routine.
As for your defense of Trump’s homophobia, when you are not just praising but elevating to power homophobes, it means you are complicit with their homophobia. If Trump truly supported gay people–and I don’t just mean one lone ambassador–he would not be putting avowed homophobes on the federal courts, where they have the power to do extreme damage against gay people. You know this. It’s indefensible. And yes, praising slaveowners without acknowledging the fact that they owned slaves is problematic; covering up or trying to explain away their slaveowning is racist. You realize this, right? Or maybe you don’t. When it comes to Robert Byrd, whom the GOP loves to cite (Harry Truman also briefly belonged to the KKK), he was no longer in the Klan when he became a leading liberal Democratic lawmaker, but I will tell you that I have heard many Democrats criticize Byrd’s Klan membership. It’s not something they shy away from.
Lastly, when it comes to local laws, the President–any President–has the right to express views if he disagrees with them. Trump has repeatedly attacked California, to name one state, for its approach to a range of issues. Intervening with federal legislation is one thing, but if Trump had an issue with anti-gay laws that stripping away our rights, he could speak out. Do you not think that his voice would have a powerful effect on nutcases in Oklahoma, Alabama and elsewhere, who worship him as if they’re in a cult? His silence is telling.
mhoffman953
@Kangol
Yes I did watch it. Either way, I don’t see the joke in hoping a tree falls on someone. Clearly Michelle Wolf is no Don Rickles or George Carlin and she never will be. Plus I’m fully aware that Michelle Obama first made that statement but it was then parroted several times by left leaning voters through memes, comebacks on Twitter, and there was even a book written about it.
You seem to pull that stunt a lot with me by acting as if I’m misinformed. You did it when you assumed I didn’t know any black politicians or when you assumed I didn’t know any Kanye West music.
Regarding Trump’s comments, Trump hits back. If people say nasty things about him, he’ll hit back. He never initiates fights. Just look at his feuds with Rosie O’Donnell, Elizabeth Warren, Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush, Megyn Kelly, Marco Rubio, CNN, Mark Cuban, etc. All of those people attacked him first. But the reason why right leaning media and figures on the right have a problem when the left gets nasty is because it’s a double standard. Many on the life use moral high ground sayings like the one I mentioned earlier ,”when they go low we go high” or “love trumps hate” or “the future is female”, but then those on the left turn around and do the same exact thing they shame their opponents for doing with hateful rhetoric, violent protests, or attacking women. That is where the criticism comes from. It’s people on the right saying that those on the left aren’t holding up to the slogans they preach about.
Regarding the courts, is Trump appointing people that uphold the law. The courts should not have activist judges who let their personal beliefs come into the courtroom. Judges should make rulings based on the rule of law. Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch and Gorsuch even ruled in favor illegal immigrants regarding a case involving deportation because the law wasn’t on the prosecutions side. If you want to use fear mongering regarding conservative justices, it was a conservative justice who allowed gay marriage to be recognized. If a judge or even government official would happen to overstep their bounds by using personal opinion to make activist judgments then our system of checks and balances will make it right. We have seen this already happen before numerous times.
Then when I mention praising people, you seem to contradict yourself. You stated that we shouldn’t praise former slave owners and shouldn’t forget their past of owning slaves. Yet when I mention prominent Democrats praising Robert Byrd, you brush it off by saying, “he was no longer in the Klan when he became a leading liberal Democratic lawmaker”. President Obama even schmoozed with Louis Farrakhan, a black nationalist. We could do a laundry list of tit-for-tat over people like this but it goes back to my point that it’s irrelevant.
Regarding Trump calling out places like California, it’s always regarding federal issues such as with illegal immigration. The President cannot comment on every single minor court issues in each and every state. He has already commented on gay marriage as a federal issue and said numerous times that it is the law of the land and will remain that way. But apparently that’s not enough for you. Maybe Trump should run down Pennsylvania Avenue with a rainbow flag and officiate gay weddings. Probably still wouldn’t be enough. The man nominated an openly gay man to a prominent role concerning foreign relations and you glossed over that in your comment. You’ll never like this President no matter what he does.
DCguy
So to clarify. Her correctly calling out lies is somehow over the line and made you cringe? Maybe the reason that Trump feels fine calling Mexican’s rapists, mocking disabled people, talking about grabbing women by the P*ssy, asking a crowd if there are any Hispanics in the audience etc… is BECAUSE media is abdicating their job and considers it apparently “over the line” to call out lies and bigotry.
Heywood Jablowme
@mhoffman953: Everything you say is a lot of blah blah blah to the effect that “liberals pretend to care about tolerance, etc. so they’re hypocrites. But since conservatives base our entire ideology on hate, racism and bigotry we can never be hypocrites!” Yeah, yeah, okay, you’ve got all the bases covered.
”when they go low we go high” – Yeah, yeah, give it a rest. I only heard that phrase a few times during the ’16 campaign (& I didn’t agree with it then), and most importantly IT DIDN’T WORK, we lost, and nobody says that anymore (except you).
“Trump hits back. If people say nasty things about him, he’ll hit back. He never initiates fights.” That’s the most delusional thing I’ve ever seen you write. Never??? Jon Tester merely said a lot of TRUE things about one of Trump’s unqualified nominees (who had the sense to withdraw, it’s over), and still Trump is acting like a rabid Tasmanian devil.
Heywood Jablowme
@LABrad: “Trump’s mentor and role model was the controversial Roy Cohn…”
Seriously, you find THAT reassuring?
Heywood Jablowme
@mhoffman:
“Trump hits back. If people say nasty things about him, he’ll hit back. He never initiates fights.”
This behavior would be considered repulsive in a 12-year-old. “But he started it!” is not a whine most parents want to hear.
This is what you defend and admire.
mhoffman953
@HeywoodJablowme
That’s right. If people are nasty and vile towards you, you have to fight back and respond. If not, people will walk all over you because they’ll see you as a coward.
Heywood Jablowme
@mhoffman953: You must have fond memories of 7th grade. But no, the vast majority of life is NOT like that. Not at all. Try that in most workplaces, for instance, and see how it turns out. Try that in a dispute between neighbors… nope, not how it works (certainly not well anyway). Try that in a barfight. Try that in a road rage incident.
(And I can think of one philosopher, supposedly beloved by most Trump fans – Jesus – who very strongly disagreed with the statement you just made. But that’s just more proof of the vile, disgusting hypocrisy of Trump fans.)
At any rate Trump does “initiate” vitriolic comments all the time. If you really think he doesn’t you’re completely out of touch with reality. He lies every single day too, and never issues a correction as his so-called “enemies of the people” (news media except for Fox) nearly always do.
Cylest Brooks
I’m with Heywood on this one.
Birdbrain1963
When a president that lies, cheats, steals and openly-publicly hates and shows it, they do not deserve to be your president. They may or may not do some things good, but hatred must be stopped and where would you like your president to stop.
Heywood Jablowme
“Trump has made 3,001 false or misleading claims” in 466 days:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-claims-database/?utm_term=.2b4cae719659
I know mhoffman will totally dismiss this meticulously-researched article because it’s in WaPo, but that’s calling something “Fake News” just because it’s true and you don’t like it.
mhoffman953
@HeywoodJablowme
A large majority of the “lies” in your link are merely exaggerations touting how great America is doing. For instance, one claim from the Washington Post is when Trump touts unemployment rates, they claim it’s a lie not because the numbers are inaccurate but because he previously, as a citizen, dismissed the numbers.
One of the first few claims by Washington Post isn’t a lie at all but they misconstrue the meaning of the quote to say it’s a lie. For example, Trump said, “So we’ve gone from being one of the highest-taxed countries anywhere in the world to being one of the most competitive”. The Washington Post says this is a lie because they are using data for all Americans. Trump was talking about competition among corporations, thus he was speaking of the corporate tax rate which in fact the US is the #3 highest corporate tax rated countries in the world. So that statement is actually true, not false.
With Trump, he’s a salesman and a businessman. He’s going to tell you everything is the best and the greatest. For example, what if I said, Queerty is the most popular gay news website online today. If I worked for Queerty and was putting that on a resume, I might make that claim but I’m sure it could be disproved with traffic data.
Most of those are harmless exaggerations. You’re acting as if Trump made life threatening lies or exaggerations such as “If you like your plan, you can keep your plan”, “Iraq has weapons of mass destruction”, “ISIS is a JV team”, “no new taxes”, or when LBJ claimed US ships were attacked in an “unprovoked attack” just so he could start a war with Vietnam.
DuchessOfMilton
@LABrad, I’m going to assume you didn’t know this, but “the controversial Roy Cohn” was a legendary closet case who not only denied that he was gay right up to the end, but was rabidly homophobic as well. If you want to show that Donald Trump isn’t a homophobe, you’ll have to do better than him being mentored by a vicious closet queen who despised gay men, including, probably, himself.
lakeviewer
Just ran across your post on Rep. Sims’s comments in April, and wondered if you still think that his insight on Trump was wrong and disrespectful today?
Frank
Trump may not be “homophobic” but what he is which is far for dangerous is blithely ignorant to anyone and anything that does not serve his purpose. Therefore he would not know nor does he stand up for anything that he can not pat on his own back and take credit for.
Lastly, just a man knows ONE gay man does not make him NOT homophobic; Roy served a purpose in his life let me draw an analogy just because you know and spend money on your Hispanic gardener/landscaper does not shield you from being racist towards Hispanics.
LABrad
Kangol Yeah, of course I understand what you’re saying. I know it seems like a small point to make, but it just rubs me the wrong way.
But you’re right, in the big picture, given everything else about him, it doesn’t really matter if he’s specifically homophobic or not.
Kangol
I appreciate your response.
gayjim1969
It does matter if Trump’s administration’s policies are anti-gay–and they are–which are reflective of the man’s personal beliefs and ideological leanings. You can’t separate the two.
not a clone
Trump’s comments over the years and currently make him a monster. People are willing to over look and make excuses for him because of the celebrity factor and that he is wealthy or made them money. if His comments were made by anyone else they would be have denounced. Trump can call people names but he gets to hide behind the office of the presidency!..
Terrycloth
The nerd ball….you need thick skin and a sense of humor.basically it’s a roast.you should expect to be picked on.if you can’t handle that like Trump . Don’t attend..Don Rickles insulted tons of people..most people would be insulted if he didn’t pick on them ..it was funny…people should be more upset about how Sarah lies for Trump than the jokes at the dinner
Heywood Jablowme
“people should be more upset about how Sarah lies for Trump than the jokes at the dinner”
EXACTLY!
Heywood Jablowme
So let me get this straight:
Apparently Wolf did NOT joke about Sarah Huckabee Sanders being fat (when, um, she’s obviously somewhat fat), but now all the delusional Trump cultists THINK she did joke about that (because Fox News and Limbaugh LIE to them and say she did it? – sigh), so now we need some pious lectures from the RIGHT about how that’s supposedly “sexist”?
Bragging about grabbing women by the p*ssy… hey THAT’s not sexist! But keep in mind that Spanky’s OFFICIAL story about the Access Hollywood tape is (a) he was joking, it wasn’t an account of any *real* events… (b) oh wait that’s not it, that wasn’t Trump’s voice on the tape after all? – LOL.
GayEGO
Mmmmmm Brian is yummy!
fur_hunter
‘UGLY’….Does not know this man’s name or where he lives. And he’s in politics!!!! YeeeeHaw!!! Congratulations to the area of Pennsylvania that elected him. Intelligence and understanding have finally won out over ignorance, intolerance and bigotry there. Excellent. I hope it will stay that way.
dinard38
Ummmmm, why is the reporter asking Brian Sims about Oprah running for president. How many times does she have to say that she’s not running for president before people will get it through their thick heads that SHE’S NOT RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT!!!! Geez!!
Other than that, good interview. Mr. Sims seems like a nice, humble guy.
Heywood Jablowme
Yeah, I thought that was very weird. But his answer was all right.
Also not running for president: Elizabeth Warren. She’s said so dozens of times.
prarie pup
Oprah has better things to do than answer that question for the 443rd time.
Tombear
Three things I am certain of other than death and taxes: Trump is a homophobe, Jeff Sessions has a white robe hanging in his closet and Simms is definitely a looker. My husband and I firmly feel if you don’t have facial hair you ain’t shit. So we all have our phobias. I’m afraid of hairless wonders!
prarie pup
@LABrad
Roy Cohn was the original closeted, self-loathing gay man. I sincerely doubt Donald Trump knew Cohn was gay.