A former member of the Trump administration, who also happens to be gay, is blasting Joe Biden for choosing a straight running mate. Because how dare Kamala Harris be heterosexual!
This week, Richard Grenell said Biden “still thinks gays are security risks” since he chose Kamala Harris, who is straight, as his running mate instead of, say, Lori Lightfoot or Pete Buttigieg or Tammy Baldwin or some other LGTBQ person.
Although we’re pretty sure Grenell, who served as U.S. ambassador to Germany for two years before resigning in June, would’ve found something wrong with any of them, too.
“@JoeBiden clearly still thinks gays are security risks,” Grenell tweeted this week. “No gays or lesbians even considered.”
. @JoeBiden clearly still thinks gays are security risks.
No gays or lesbians even considered. https://t.co/pqC5Y8A9ae
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) August 11, 2020
Grenell’s tweet also included a link to a Fox News article criticizing Biden’s record on LGBTQ rights.
The article is based on a response Biden gave to a question in 1973 about whether gay people should serve openly in the military or civil service.
“My gut reaction is that [gay people] are security risks but I must admit I haven’t given this much thought,” he said 47 yeas ago. “I’ll be darned!”
The fact the Grenell, who was five years old at the time Biden made the remarks, is still upset over them when Trump has been actively working to undermine LGBTQ equality for the past three and a half years is deeply ironic.
Also ironic is the fact that, almost five decades later, Biden would not only be super pro-LGBTQ himself, but he would select a major LGBTQ ally to be his running mate against the most homophobic administration in modern history.
We have to say, this wasn’t an attack we were expecting. Most Republicans are pissed at Harris for being Black or Asian-American or a woman. Few seem bothered by her heterosexuality.
Here’s how people responded to Grenell’s feigned outrage over Harris’s straightness…
As a member of the LGBTQ+ community, I feel perfectly comfortable saying #STFU you #GOPTraitor
— Jay Martin (@bazaarsoft) August 12, 2020
Considering who your hero is, I’d really grab a seat.
— Robit™ (@aGuyNamedRobit) August 11, 2020
Trump did consider gays and lesbians while looking for a VP candidate. So he picked the person with one of the worst records on LGBTQ rights and settle in Pence.
— Wiggin (@endrwgn) August 11, 2020
Have you seen the GOP platform on gay rights? Lol
— Dutronc on a roof (@NewPatriotMan) August 12, 2020
WAIT…so is Trump “homophobic,” too, or is Grenell outing Pence?
— Uncle Mark (@mroller17u) August 12, 2020
Related: Um, Herman Cain died two weeks ago… so why is he bashing Kamala Harris on Twitter?
funpitt412
Biden should have selected Mayor Pete.
dhmonarch89
Pete’s not qualified yet- a lower ranking Cabinet post would give him the experience he needs to build on and run again in 10 or 15 years when he has an actual resume.
Harley
Don’t fret about Pete. He will be in the cabinet. I suspect secretary of the army.
IAmUp4It
Not me! Can you imagine the vile homophobic things the right/Fox “News” would be saying about Pete if he were selected! They’re already starting a birtherism smear against Ms. Kamila!
ShiningSex
There’s nothing wrong with Harris. At this point, we need to defeat Trump by any means.
If you vote third party, you’re a moron. if you support Trump you are vile. Vote BLUE and get rid of the ORANGE.
Cam
Richard Grenell has been an apologist for an administration where Trump stated he would appoint judges specifically to gt rid of those “Awful gay rights rulings”.
This is literally the reason they brought Grenell in, and it’s the same Reason FOX News hired Stacy Dash. They want one gay guy to try to attack Demos and give them cover for their bigotry, just like FOX News needed to have their racist comments about Obama coming from somebody black. And it’s why they fired her as soon as Obama wasn’t president anymore.
Grenell would have is like the women who defended Harvey Winestein or Roger Ailes.
funpitt412
Kamala was not popular enough to win the California nomination to be the presidential candidate for the democratic party. Sorry, extreme liberals; she is not popular at all with swing voters. If it makes you happy, she treated Biden like a racist at the debates and said the believed Tara Reade, then voted for Biden.
dhmonarch89
in order to win, a democrat needs 65% turnout from the black community- she helps there and they vote 98% Democratic…gays only vote about 90% for Democrats and our turn out has been awful for years.
Kangol2
Dear FlunkPitt, the California primary happened on May 1, 2020, after Kamala Harris had dropped out of the race. She suspended her campaign in December 2019. You do get how dates and chronology work, right?
Look it up. Also, she won two California statewide races in landslides, which is why was she was the state AG and why she is now the junior senator from California.
On top of this, Harris has long been an LGBTQ ally, which is more than you can for either Don the Con or Pence, who is a raging homophobe.
Jake123
@Kangol no she’s been an LGB ally not so much T
Kangol2
Jake123, you are correct. She has been working on improving her allyship of trans people, as the article on her meeting with Angelica Ross underscored. Thanks for reminding me of that.
Jake123
@Kangol2 hope I didn’t come across like I was attacking you. Definitely not my intention. I’m a B/K supporter. I just feel they can be very problematic. I’m hoping WHEN they get into office people don’t forget this drive to hold people accountable like we’re doing with Trump. Because you know the media won’t. I think it’s very important during a Democrat presidency that everyone remains vigilant and aware of independent news. Again hope I didn’t come across grumpy x
ShiningSex
sorry funpitts, you are on the wrong side of humanity. any trump supporter is a racist POS. Sit down!
Kangol2
@Jake123, not at all. I appreciated your comment, and mine was without any shade. I was glad Queerty ran the article on a transwoman confronting Harris, and was even more pleased to learn that they had had a thoughtful conversation in which Harris expressed a changed perspective on trans issues/
Cato
The Biden campaign has assigned an African-American lesbian who served in the Obama White House as Harris’ chief of staff on the campaign. Grenell is a Republican sellout who doesn’t give a damn about the LGBT communities unless something directly affects himself.
Cam
And Harris’s Chief of Staff is also an out lesbian.
charlie_jackpot
I hate contrary gays. They’ve had little hardship in their life so court it by siding with the bigots to become useful idiots
ShiningSex
Anyone in Trump’s administration or supporters are scum and need to sit down!
JromeGervais09
I take all of these agitating stories as a possible trolling tactic to stir up doubt and get our focus off the real story and that is getting Biden and Harris elected as with all other Democrats down the ticket. These types of media tactics were proved to have been used in 2015 and 2016 until the elections. So don’t fall into these discussions without your due diligence to vet the person posting comments that are outrageous in content and have no relevancy. BTW, Pete B. is too young and inexperienced. Put him in a Secretary job such as the Interior.
Aranos
When you see his record and his outrageous behaviour as an ambassador here in Germany for the last two years it becomes evident Grenell is an incompetent nutjob noone took seriously here during his time in office. Of course, most of the trump administration is composed of incompetent nutjobs, so that wasn’t too much of a surprise….