The unraveling of the Log Cabin Republicans continues, this time in the form of longtime member Jeri Ann Henry, who served as executive director of the group.
Henry’s resignation follows that of several other key members of the gay GOP group following an endorsement of Donald Trump for 2020 reelection. Henry, like the others, has resigned in disgust to protest Trump’s anti-queer policies and rhetoric.
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“Henry, who was the first woman to lead the LGBT Republican group, formally submitted her resignation Friday and left Monday after discussions with board members characterized as ‘harsh,’” reports The Washington Blade. “The resignation follows intense criticism of Log Cabin, which announced its support for Trump earlier this month without its members having met with him or having received any explicit commitments in exchange. Sources said Henry’s discontent with Trump and dissatisfaction with Log Cabin’s approach to defending its Trump endorsement in the media were key among her reasons for stepping down.”
Earlier this month, Log Cabin Republican spokesman Charles Moran defended the group’s endorsement of Trump, calling him “the first person elected president of the United States who supported gay marriage and also has a background supporting equality issues both as a businessman and as a philanthropist.” Moran’s stance also omits Trump’s long history of attacking the LGBTQ community, as well as the appointment of several homophobic judges.
youarederanged
A principled individual. Respect.
JorgeRivera1356
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Bob LaBlah
Jorge, its become to hard to believe that you are not some how connected to some one at queerty. As a matter of fact I am beginning to believe you are one of its editors.
TimothyBeauchamp
Principled would have been to have joined the “Jews for Hitler,” I mean “Log Cabin Republicans” in the first place. That organization has fought our LGBTQ community tooth and nail over every single issue advancing our civil rights. The question to ask is why it took so long, and what motivated them to be Republican in the first place. Fiscal Conservatism is usually the answer but they can’t explain why the budget always explodes under Republican control. My guess is most of them are spoiled trust fund babies afraid of or incapable of getting a successful job and don’t want to give any of their Daddy and Mommy’s money back to the system that has spoiled them, so others might succeed.
ElPillo
@JorgeRivera1356. F*CK OFF
Goforit
Way to little. Way to late. We are not letting you or any other LCR members back into the club without some serious and heartfelt contrition. You must spend copious amounts of time and resources to try and undo the damage you have done. Not only to the gay community but to the nation and the world.
youarederanged
Your club sounds vengeful. I doubt she wants to join it lol. Not to mention, she’s been working behind the scenes for years trying to improve the lives of LGBT through a party that we need to work with in order to get things accomplished. That’s how it works you know? I’m sure she has done far more for our cause than you can even hope to do.
Cam
youarederanged will always defend Republicans who support bigots.
This woman left the group….but she didn’t leave when Trump picked Pence who was fine tanking the economy of his entire state to attack LGBTQ people, or when Trump said he would appoint judges to undo those “Aweful gay rights decisions”. No, she left when the group got a bunch of backlash.
Andy
I’m glad she and other LCs resigned but the organization still exists and their to this day I cannot get a logical explanation out of anyone associated with this group as to why they support a socially conservative group especially now under such a vitriolic GOP administration.
david_warner
What you said … you nailed it. Too little too late. These people have already proved long ago that they’re against our community, so BOO HOO!!
Jenniferp412
What you are really saying.. ” WE ARE LIBERALS…. WE HATE EVERYONE THAT DOES NOT AGREE WITH US 100% AND 100% OF THE TIME! EVERYONE ELSE SHOULD BE STONED TO DEATH! WE ARE THE PARTY OF HATE, THE KKK, & ABORTION”
MrKnowItAll
You don’t control membership into the club anymore than a conservative voice. We (all of us) are a community and we should try to learn to get along. That is how a society progresses.
Kangol2
@JenniferP412, please stop shout and your psychological projection makes you sound really crazy. Really wacked out of your mind.
Cam
The article said “The unraveling of the Log Cabin Republicans continues,”
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Truthfully, the group unraveled years ago. Most chapters closed, the group won’t release membership numbers, and it can’t field even an event in most states.
The group became a board of directors that is trotted out to give cover to the GOP anytime Republicans do something bigoted. That is all it has been for over a decade.
DCFarmboy
That says it all.
winemaker
I’m gay and as a former liberal, I supported and voted for Trump as i saw what the liberals have done to California and San Francisco in particular. Sadly the fools here still support the liberals who’re bankrupting the legal citizens here to pay for all kinds of ‘freebies’ for all the ‘non contributors’. while the former great state of California becomes more and more third world. Sorry to be so blunt but there’s no other way to say it. I understand Trump will have a competitor, a guy named Walsh. Hopefully the Log Cabin’s can get behind this guy. Look at it this way: what have the liberals done for America and the American people in the last 3 years of Trump’s presidency other than act like spoiled brats on the schoolyard, obstructing the efforts to Make America Great Again, as if it never was, all while basically nothing’s getting done for us, ’cause they lost big time in 2016? i can guarantee, God forbid, if they win in 2020, middle class America and America in general will be mired in their obstructionist BULLSHIT. for another 4 years and we’ll all be screwed. And as for the gay community, time for them to get smart and realize to the liberals, we’re only good for votes and have been pandered to all along. Like the Latinos, blacks and other minority groups, we’re only good to them for votes while we get SQUAT in return. For those questioning this, take a look at San Francisco, the one time jewel of California that under the liberals, progressives or moonbeamers or whatever you want to call ’em, has become a huge nightmarish overpriced, CRAP HOLE and recently got the moniker the ‘doo doo’ capital of the USA. I’ll leave the last statement to your imagination but to residents here, this sadly fits, unfortunately
Chrisk
Yes they lost in 2016 to apathy, corruption, and the electoral college but made great gains in 2018 as people are starting to wake up.
Bob LaBlah
Whats your opinion on those who are state and city workers out there in California (especially in the San Francisco and Los Angeles areas) who are making $18 per hour but live in SRO’s (single room occupancy) because they can’t afford not only the rent but the first and last month’s rent plus security deposit (in many cases) in order to even get into an apartment. Are they included into that group you are referring to as freeloaders (more or less)? Dont forget it was Dah Ahnold who had control of California for eight years after the stale Pete Wilson left office and things got even worse.
mojo
And the Republicans are sure to do the following: _____
…to improve on the derided situation? I am so curious, in order to make an informed decision in the next voting season?
willcutabitch
@Whiner, feel free to not live in California. You can crawl over to Mississippi or some other shithole conservative state.
Kangol2
@winemaker. first, liberals did not lose “bigtime” in 2016. Hillary Clinton defeated Drumpf by nearly three million votes. Democrats received more votes than Republicans over all, and trounced the GOP in 2018 by many millions of votes. I know that is very hard for you to grasp, but it’s the truth.
Second, California’s economy has grown tremendously since the financial crash George W. Bush oversaw, up 33.1% since 2008-9, much of this growth during Obama’s tenure and two successive Democratic governors, and though you like to think of it as dysfunctional, California is the richest state in the United States, its economic might has surpassed the UK to put it at 5th in the world, and it remains one of the largest contributors to the US economy. The unequal distribution of the economy and wealth has created the problems plaguing San Francisco and much of the rest of the US,, but the city you seem to memorialize was also controlled by liberal Democrats, so what are you talking about?
Third, you may have forgotten but under Democrats and the “liberals” you deride there have been countless advances for LGBTQ people. Did you forget the repeal of DADT and DOMA? Did you forget same-sex marriage? Did you forget the repeated push to enact ENDA and ensure workplace protections for LGBTQ people? Have you missed the attempts to pass the Equality Act?
Fourth, you seem to forget that the GOP controlled both houses of Congress for Drumpf’s first two years of office–did you forget that? So THEY did zilch for the American people beyond passing an outrageous tax cut for the rich and global corporations that is ballooning the deficit and the debt, and they refuse to reign in this lawless president, who not only colluded with Russia (read the Mueller Report, Part 1), but who, along with others in his administration, has presided over rampant corruption, chaos, and misrule, and has violated numerous laws and the US Constitution. Now he is on the verge of destroying the US economy, just like George W. Bush. Republicans do this over and over (cf. Hoover, Eisenhower, Nixon, Reagan & HW Bush, and worst of all, W Bush). They blow up the economy, create massive deficits and debt, and then expect Democrats to clean it up, only for Republicans to get right back into office and repeat the cycle.
You can stick with this lying, corrupt, racist, imbecilic monster all you want. He is now urging the US Supreme Court to allow gay people to be fired. He has repeatedly attacked trans people. I bet you love that too. He is an incompetent fool who continues to act like Putin’s puppet and embarass the US on the world stage. The globe is burning up and he is provoking widespread turmoil in a way no US president ever has. If that’s making “America great” the words have no meaning, but then Drumpf is so horrible he will be lucky if he does not lose in a landslide. As things stand, he should have been removed from office for treason AND financial crimes, and should be in a straight jacket, behind prison bars.
Sister Bertha Bedderthanyu
“You can crawl over to Mississippi or some other shithole conservative state.”
If you have a minute go over to apartments.com or renters.com and do a comparison in what you’d pay for a one bedroom apartment in San Francisco first and then put in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Lets see if living in one of those shit holes states is as bad as YOU think they are. A two bedroom apartment with a swimming pool plus parking for $650? Hand me the air freshener cause I’m a stayin’.
Franklin
@Sister Bertha Bedderthanyu Cheaper doesn’t always mean better.
willcutabitch
Yeah, it’s cheap because no one wants to live there. Honestly, I have no real beef against Mississippi, but if you’re going to be throwing stones expect to get shattered.
porque_loco
How many billions of $$ are going to bail out farmers hit by the failed trade war with China? Those count as freebies in my book because nobody’s bailing me out as prices rise and my stock portfolio shrinks.
As much as Trump whines about “socialism,” he’s jumped pretty wholeheartedly into the wealth redistribution game.
truthseeker
@Kangol2
“Hillary Clinton defeated Drumpf by nearly three million votes. ”
She defeated nobody, that’s why she isn’t President. That is not how a President is determined. That would be like saying that Team A scored more runs than Team B in football so Team A defeated them, even though Team B scored more points.
“Second, California’s economy has grown tremendously since the financial crash George W. Bush oversaw”
And it has saw the wealth gap grow disproportionately. California’s economy hinges on tax breaks to the entertainment and tech industry. California does not have a thriving middle class. Countless Californians are living in squalor while the mega rich are partying it up. It’s hardly a model that should be duplicated throughout the nation.
“Third, you may have forgotten but under Democrats and the “liberals” you deride there have been countless advances for LGBTQ people.”
Great. Democrats repealed laws they signed into law that rolled back gay rights. DADT and DOMA were signed into law by a Democrat. Same-sex marriage was passed in the courts and not by legislation. Ultimately it was a conservative justice who helped it become legal.
“Fourth, you seem to forget that the GOP controlled both houses of Congress for Drumpf’s first two years of office–did you forget that? So THEY did zilch for the American people ”
Fake news. Since Trump became President over 90% of Americans received a tax cut, the economy has been growing steadily, ISIS has been significantly reduced, unemployment is at an all time low among all groups, manufacturing employment is growing faster than it has in 20 years, median household incomes are up, wages / salaries are up, consumer optimism / American business investment are up, Right-to-Try was signed, finally standing up to China, withdrew from the TPP, expanded VA health services, signed an order for student loan forgiveness for disabled vets, etc.
“reign in this lawless president, who not only colluded with Russia (read the Mueller Report, Part 1),”
The Mueller Report says he did NOT collude with Russia. You clearly didn’t read it. The report says, “We applied the term coordination in that sense when stating in the report that the investigation did not establish that the Trump Campaign coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities…The Office considered in particular whether contacts between Trump Campaign officials and Russia-linked individuals could trigger liability for the crime of conspiracy. The investigation did not establish that the contacts described amounted to an agreement to commit any substantive violation of federal criminal law….The Office also did not charge any campaign official or associate with a conspiracy under Section 371’s defraud clause. That clause criminalizes participating in an agreement to obstruct a lawful function of the U.S. government or its agencies through deceitful or dishonest means.”
Cam
@winemaker said……
“I’m gay and as a former liberal, I supported and voted for Trump as i saw what the liberals have done to California and San Francisco in particular. ”
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1. You’re lying, it’s a common troll tactic to start off with “As a…..” i.e. “As a lesbian, I’m against lesbians” or “As a trans person, I oppose trans people”
2. So you “SAW” what liberals have done to California? You mean the fact that Republicans ran up massive deficits, and since Democrats have gotten a super-majority the state is running multi-billion dollar surpluses, fully funding their infrastructure and education. Meanwhile red states like Kansas and Oklahoma under Republican control were bankrupt and couldn’t even fund their schools?
Nice try troll.
Sister Bertha Bedderthanyu
Franklin, if you think paying on average $2500 per month for a one bedroom apartment while making $15 an hour is better living then who am I to argue? Oh, by the way, that $15 per hour is not the standard wage out there. The minimum wage is $12 per hour. Consider yourself lucky if you get $14 and even if you were getting $20 per hour you will not be able to afford rent, a car, insurance, auto maintenance plus utilities and cable. Now factor in food and personal expenses and see how much you’ve got left. You are going to sacrifice many things living out there for no other reason than the climate. As I said, if thats your idea of better living then who am I to argue. Good luck to all of you who feel as though it will be the end of the world if you move out of a place where you get up and work two jobs but still are on the same level as a slave, doing nothing more than surviving from day to day.
GayEGO
Trump will hand you over to ISIS and they will throw you off the top of a building.
Babakazoo
Ummm… WTF???? Earlier this month, Log Cabin Republican spokesman Charles Moran defended the group’s endorsement of Trump, calling him “the first person elected president of the United States who supported gay marriage and also has a background supporting equality issues both as a businessman and as a philanthropist.”
I guess to them Obama never existed and they seem to have forgotten that Trump has done everything he can to undo what Obama did to give the LGBTIQ community equal rights…..
youarederanged
Obama didn’t support gay marriage until April 2012, near the end of his first term. Even then he refused to say it was a constitutional right, and he never said that it was a constitutional right before being elected a second time. That’s what the LCR guy is saying. Trump was the first person to be elected president who said gay marriage is a constitutional right. That’s a historical fact. Plus, in Obama’s second term, when his administration went to the Supreme Court to have them overturn Prop 8 in California, they did not ask the court to adopt a fifty state view, which is what every single LGBT group urged them to do. It was years later that he fully came around. So yes, at the time of his election, Trump is the only president who supports constitutionally protected marriage for LGBT.
Cam
@youarederanged
In other words, even a Republican group whose job it is, is to shill and give over to bigots is jumping ship from Republicans and the troll account is desperately trying to derail the conversation by screaming “Obama!”.
Nice try precious.
youarederanged
Correction. @babakazoo brought up Obama and I responded to his misguided statement. So try again, precious. You’re probably just mad that Trump will forever in history be the first president elected who supported constitutional gay marriage, despite your deranged claims that he wants to take away all of our rights.
GayEGO
youarederanged: Obama learned to support us, but Trump only supports Trump and is rolling back our equal rights!
dinard38
@youarederanged I’m sorry, but you’d have to be Boo Boo the Fool to believe that Trump supports the LGBTQ community.
A quote from HRC.org:
“Trump has been a consistent opponent of marriage equality. He said that he opposed it because he was a “traditional” guy, choosing to support domestic partnership benefits instead. Trump later reversed himself and said he also opposed civil unions. Despite a brief flirtation with “evolving” in 2013, Trump has consistently maintained his opposition to marriage equality, sometimes by citing polling and making an analogy to his dislike of long golf putters. After the Supreme Court ruling, Trump said the court had made its decision and, although he disagreed with the ruling, he did not support a constitutional amendment that would allow states to re-ban marriage equality. He later said he would appoint Supreme Court judges who would be committed to overturning the ruling.”
So your comment about Trump supporting constitutional gay rights is just a lie. He said that he doesn’t support it, but because the Supreme Court ruled in favor of it, he wasn’t going to challenge it. At least directly. But he has since been padding the federal courts with anti-LGBTQ judges. He instituted a ban on transgenders in the military. He supports the so-called First Amendment Defense Act (FADA) which would lead to more Kim Davis-style discrimination. He has declined to support the Equality Act. And let’s not forget that he selected one of the most anti-LGBTQ politicians out there for vice president.
So in what universe is he a supporter of LGBTQ community?
What’s sad is…….I honestly don’t believe that he personally dislike LGBTQ. But because his base is mostly those crazy evangelicals and the alt-right and the white nationalists, he will say and do what they want. Smh
MISTERJETT
Log Cabin Republicans, that fool is not your friend.
GayEGO
It is good to see some Log Cabin Republicans understand what a loser Trump is by leaving the group. Trump is disgusting and embarrassing as he is plain stupid, thinking he is above the law and can do whatever he wants. He is a Putin Puppy!
Melania Trump by Lauren LoGiudice
“They’re not the only ones who want to jump ship. (Just to Trump Tower just to be clear.)” — XO ?Melania
Jeton Ademaj
I don’t pay attention to the LCR, I VOTE TRUMP for the same reason I voted Clinton, Nader and Obama…he’s the best candidate for America at the moment.
Queer politics has always been crippled by kneejerk Leftism, and I admit some pleasure in watching my fellow LGBTQ learn the deathly limits of their Socialist fantasy. As I predicted in ACT UP that first Monday after Trump’s election, Trump would easily win a second term, because the Left have become gross nutjobs that must be defeated.
if not, they’ll spark a civil war that would genocide LGBTQ nationally and soon after, globally.
enjoy flaming or ignoring me, I’m smug about my foresight at this point. I yawn at your wrath.
let’s hope the LGBTQ can pivot before 2024, the embrace of Socialism has only begun to poison us…it can get far worse.