Gay Trump supporter and San Francisco resident Max Guglielmelli has opened up about his conversion to the cult of MAGA. Needless to say, his reasoning makes no sense.
Guglielmelli wore his MAGA hat for an interview with San Francisco station KRON and discussed his reasons for backing Trump, and what it’s like to support the most anti-queer administration in history.
“I get a lot of dirty looks,” he says. “When I’m getting coffee or whatever, people behind the counter make no eye contact. They don’t want to see my face. … I’ve had people ask me, ‘Do you feel safe?’ Isn’t that telling which side is violent? Because I’m just going out there to walk.”
Guglielmelli served in the Army during the war in Afganistan, where he was stationed in Kuwait. He claims he identified as gay at the time, but supported the military’s discriminatory “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. He claims when he returned from his tour of duty, he experimented with gender-bending.
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“When I was in the military I felt like I was the only liberal, so I couldn’t wait to come back to California. I did some gender-bending, wearing makeup and skirts. In the Army, we all had to look the same. I really wanted to express myself. Be more unique,” he said.
He then explains that he began to support Trump during his first run for office after seeing hypocrisy on the left. “They are the ones that are the most vicious,” Guglielmelli says. “I looked inside and I was like, ‘Oh, when I was supposed to be tolerant, I was the most intolerant,’” he said. “I started to question everything. The more educated I became, the more conservative I became in 2017.”
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Guglielmelli apparently didn’t remember that Trump ran for office in 2016 not 2017. He then gives his primary reason for supporting Trump: “Taxes, hello! Tax, tax, tax. The Democrats want to tax everything. They want to take our rights away, infringe on our freedoms.”
When confronted with the Trump administration’s anti-LGBTQ record, Guglielmelli seems oblivious. “This President likes you,” he claims. “He’s not going to take rights away from you. He wants you to be a free American. He’s OK with gay marriage. He’s OK with gay people.”
We have to wonder where Gugielmelli did his “educating” about Trump…particularly if he’d already supported Trump’s election before he underwent his awakening. Quite simply, all Gugielmelli’s claims are demonstrably false. Trump has increased taxes on low and mid-level income Americans and adopted harshly discriminatory policies toward queer people, particularly transgender Americans. Most recently, his administration argued before the Supreme Court that LGBTQ people are exempt from civil rights protections, and businesses should have a right to fire employees for being queer. Trump has also appointed a number of judges who have said that the court should end marriage equality.
Maybe Max Guglielmelli just likes wearing a red hat?
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frenchbug
You will notice that every-freakin-time one of those gay MAGAs is interviewed and try to explain their support of Trump, they always (ALWAYS) spend a lot more time discussing “liberal intolerance” and all kinds of grievances they have with “the Left” than a positive coherent defense of Trump.
Because people like this generally end up with Trump because they have some resentment, generally towards the community, and want to be contrarian (“I wanted to express myself and be unique” he says in regards to his wearing skirts… see the pattern?) to annoy a community they feel in some way rejected them at some point.
I bet if you talked to him at length, you would be able to narrow it down to something that happened to him in his life that he was able to cope with by being angry
ArtNYC
You are absolutely right
djmcgamester
I doubt that’s true. I’m not a Republican, or a Trump-lover, but I’m far from loving the “inclusive” community who raked me over the coals for daring not to want brown and black stripes be added to the rainbow flag. That made me a white supremacist. See how easy it is to throw someone under the bus for lack of perfect conformity?
Who cares whether or not he supports Trump? You don’t have to agree with his reasons. People are different. Some issues may be more important than others to voters. You want him to exclusively believe as you believe. That is NOT the spirit of tolerance that’s supposed to exist in Liberal ideology. And, no, I’m not slamming Liberals. I’m moderate myself, but identified as Liberal for the vast majority of my life.
KMK
I’m sorry – but with all that is going on with this current administration, you MUST question the character and integrity of anyone who supports them.
wellinmysoul
not all come to truth on the same timeline
Paco
Most of them look like they have a lot of experience with sexual rejection. Supporting Trump can only exacerbate their problem.
Vince
Sweety please go back to not voting and just disappear because you clearly haven’t learned anything. That was gag inducing wrong on every point. We got gay marriage so lets not worry about anything anymore. Just trust in Trump. Lol
Kieran
You mean not all gays are leftist loons politically? Wow. That’s really shocking. I thought all gays walked funny, lisped and voted democrat.
Cam
It’s cute when right wing troll accounts expose themselves so thoroughly.
So not wanting to be fired for being LGBT is being a leftist loon?
And it’s adorable that you used a bunch of slurs against LGBT people in it too. Time for you to go get a new screename, you’ve busted this one.
winemaker
Gee kieran, not all gays are liberals. Living in California, the ultra liberal place that under the liberals has become more and more expensive, and third world, I’m a bit of an expert on what’s gong on. To the liberals, the gay community, Latino’s and blacks are pawns, nothing more and are pandered to right and left just for the votes. Just what have the liberals done for us much less middle class America, a group they pretend to be for?
DarkZephyr
“I thought all gays walked funny, lisped and voted democrat.”
What does how you walk or talk have to do with it? Please explain.
Grandolphrz
@winemaker: That makes sense. An expensive Third World. Where do you see this Third World in California? Under the Republicans, it would get less and less expensive? What do you want liberals to do for you? You seem to be expecting or wanting something.
Brian
San Francisco, where the streets flow with human poop and hypodermic needles? LA and Orange counties, where tent cities can stretch up to a mile and largely eradicated diseases like typhus are popping up? You know, the parts of California where Democrats are virtually guaranteed to win almost every election, which is easily accomplished by keeping people poor and dependent on government services.
I imagine Republicans would make much more of an effort to make the state more business friendly (it’s constantly ranked near or at the bottom of every list that comes out) and bring more good jobs into the state, making people more self sufficient. Democrats just want a land for the wealthy and their servants. The third world country way.
Vince
Brian
You know many of those homeless situations are from immigrants from red states. Makes sense. We got the great weather and yes the much needed social services. I guess your solution is just let them die in the cold.
Yeah, the Democrats have really driven the California economy over a cliff. Must be why were the 5th largest economy in the world. Eye roll..
Cam
Right wing troll have to attack California. Because Republicans ran up a massive deficit when they controlled CA. and ever since Democrats got a super majority there, California has been running 9 billion dollar surpluses and is fully funding their schools.
Meanwhile, red states using Republican policies like Kansas and Oklahoma went bankrupt and couldn’t even fund their schools.
djmcgamester
Dude, if you’re not 100% Liberal you’re an alt-right Nazi. Just accept your fate. You’re also a troll, even if you’re here because you’re gay and want to participate in discussion. That’s unimportant.
DarkZephyr
@Brian,
You’ve revealed something about yourself that actually took me a little bit by surprise despite your dreadful personality. But I suppose it really just makes sense.
sportstar2600
OMG. He is a therapist at the Billy DeFrank LGBT Community Center per his Facebook profile
dwes09
There are some mighty messed up people who manage to be good therapists, so he might be one of those, despite seeming rather dull intellectually.
toddlicious
Self loathing, attention seeking, buffoon.
Paulie P
that was like trying to follow a bouncing ball..he will vote democrat in the end.
Roan
Tolerance doesn’t include tolerating bigotry and dehumanization. No one the left signed up for that, despite his tired and stale “tolerant left” talking points.
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Grandolphrz
This guy sounds like an absolute moron. “When I was in the military I felt like I was the only liberal” Oh brother. Wearing dresses and make-up is so unique. Wow. He supported Trump during his first run? Trump has only had one so far. What hypocrisy on the left? What’s so stupid is he doesn’t see it on the right? He has no clear reasons why he supports Trump. Taxes? Democrats want to take away our Rights? Infringe on our Freedoms? Spoken like a true Trump moron. Of course, he has to wear a red MAGA hat because he’s so unique.
Grandolphrz
He’s an absolute moron. He bases his decisions on what he thinks the news is trying to make him feel? He doesn’t know who Trump loves. Trump doesn’t have any values. How is Trump a conservative?
James
NARCISSISTIC LOSER MORON.
djmcgamester
Not accepting his reasons is not the same as failing miserably.