On the same day Donald Trump spoke to a group of antigay evangelicals in Orlando, on the two month anniversary of the shooting at LGBTQ nightclub Pulse, Randy Ross, a gay man who once ran for mayor of Orlando, spoke at a Trump rally in Kissimmee, about 20 miles South of there.
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Ross called himself a “50-year-old man who is a Republican, that happens to be gay. Who is an American, and I will not go back in the closet, because I am supporting Donald J. Trump for President.”
Ross, who was a registered Democrat until last year, said he supports Trump’s stand on immigration, reducing the debt and on trade policies.
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“I prefer a president who isn’t politically correct as opposed to one who lies and panders to the communities and minorities she truly doesn’t represent,” he said. “The LGBT community needs to be reminded, it was Bill Clinton that signed the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. And it was long ago, Hillary Clinton made it clear she believed marriage was between a man and a woman, now she says she supports same-sex marriage. She will say anything to get elected.”
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Trump still does not support same-sex marriage, criticizing the Supreme Court decision that legalized gay marriage. He has also spoken in support of so-called “religious freedom restoration acts” (RFRAs), and his team of evangelical advisers includes Michelle Bachmann, who voted against the repeal of DADT.
Ross also criticized Clinton for taking “money from the countries of people that behead gay people,” and criticized President Obama for pushing for increased gun control after the shooting in Orlando and for not saying the words “radical Islamic terrorism.” Ross reported that he lives one mile away from Pulse.
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Trump also has financial ties to the countries Ross referenced, including licensing his name to a golf club in Dubai and leasing his New York estate to Moammar Gaddafi.
Watch Ross’ remarks in the video below.
Mo Bro
He’s right about Clinton, and mostly right about Trump.
He also speaks for a lot of us L’s, G’s and B’s (can’t vouch for the T’s and don’t know what the Q’s are).
On a side note . . . this guy’s name is just “Ross”?
Now THAT’S what I call some in-depth reporting.
Sansacro
@Mo Bro: I guess it depends of what the hell “right” means. But H will be our next prez. You’ll have to live with that or move to whatever country . . . T will continue to rail from the sidelines, claiming a fixed election and stoking impotent indignation. Enjoy the next four years!!
GayEGO
Clinton has learned like Obama and many people that we deserve equal rights, but Trump? He is against Marriage Equality, he picked Mike Pence as VP who holds his religion above all else, signed an anti-gay discrimination bill as the governor of Indiana. And this guy claims to be gay? I am embarrassed as a gay man, but I guess there are all kinds in every gender.
mcflyer54
Clinton (Bill) signed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” because he was advised the Republicans in congress that there was not way in hell they would allow him to get away with allowing openly gay people to serve in the military. It was a compromise that proved to be unwise, unworkable and unfair because many of the military brass totally ignored it in both principle and in practice. No it wasn’t perfect but it was a start. As someone who served in the military before DADT I can tell you that for many it was at least a bit of a safety net that didn’t even exist at all previously.
If you want to vote for Trump feel free to but remember he owes his soul to the evangelicals to whom he promised to choose Supreme Court justices who would reverse the marriage equality ruling. And promised that on his first day in office (actually within the first 20 minutes according to Donald himself) he would rescind Obama’s executive order against LGBTQ discrimination by Federal government contractors. Trump is kissing some pretty religious butt and, although he promised to protect LBGTQ’s against foreign countries, he didn’t promise to protect them here.
Bauhaus
Ross calls himself a “50-year-old man who is a Republican, that happens to be gay.”
No, he’s a 50-year old gay man, that happens (chooses) to be Republican.
James
Troll.
DarkZephyr
@Mo Bro: so when the big bad Syrians are barred from the country, what next?
DarkZephyr
Everything this idiot says he hates about Hillary, Trump has in full force. Is he special?