Mike Cargile is a Republican currently running for California’s 35th U.S. House seat. Not too long ago, he nabbed an endorsement from his state’s Republican Party after making a string of homophobic remarks on social media.
In addition to calling coronavirus a “scamdemic” and peddling the QAnon conspiracy theory that Trump is trying to abolish a shadowy international child trafficking ring, Cargile believes the LGBTQ rights movement is out to destroy America.
In a May 31, 2019 Facebook post, he wrote: “We live in a society where homosexuals lecture us on morals, transvestites lecture us on human biology, baby killers lecture us on human rights and socialists lecture us on economics.”
On July 2, 2019, he wrote: “Thank a straight person today for your existence: Straight pride.”
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And on August 29, 2019, he suggested schools that teaching LGBTQ history should start with Sodom and Gomorrah.
But that’s just the beginning. Some of the memes he’s shared are even worse.
Of course, like most bigots, Cargile’s hatred is not just limited to homosexuals. He has also made disparaging remarks about Black people, Mexicans, and Muslims, among others.
The California Republican Party endorsed Cargile back in January, long after he posted the hateful remarks and memes on Facebook.
“Mike Cargile is running for Congress in the 35th District because he believes that Democrat leadership and mismanagement have nearly destroyed our beautiful state,” the group said. “We are proud to endorse Mike Cargile for Congress (CA-35), which is based in the Inland Empire.”
#CAGOPEndorsed: Mike Cargile for Congress (CA-35) Mike Cargile is running for Congress in the 35th District because he…
Posted by California Republican Party on Wednesday, January 29, 2020
And for six months, the party was just fine with his beliefs… until another story about Cargile using the N-word made national headlines this week. That’s when it decided enough was enough.
Earlier today, the California GOP pulled its endorsement, quietly removing Cargile’s name from its website without issuing any further comment on the matter. Its endorsement of him still remains up on the group’s official Facebook page, however.
Meanwhile, Cargile put out a statement saying something about how he’s a Christian and how we need to “cancel the cancel culture.”
We need to cancel the "Cancel Culture"… pic.twitter.com/f1zO5pVLJo
— Cargile For Congress (@CargileFor) July 2, 2020
Cargile will face off against Democrat incumbent Norma Torres in November.
Cam
This is all the Republican Party is anymore, peddling bigotry, racism and conspiracies so they can loot tax dollars. They stopped being a real political party over a decade ago.
Manray
Ugh, what a creep. This is why Repukes are a party of old Christian assholes.
In CA it’s hard enough for them to get elected but this one really sucks.
Rock-N-RollHS
Finally! You advertise homophobic tweets that are actually 100% homophobic. Although I do love the cancel cancel culture. Even a broken clock . . .
Cam
Even on a post about a bigot being endorsed by the Republican party the right wing troll tries to deflect by crying about “Cancel Culture”.
Cute how Republicans always lie and call themselves the party of personal responsibility, because boy do you whine when anybody calls you out on your actions.
Kangol2
Wow, is Meghanada or whatever their name is going to come on here and ask can we talk about “White homophobia”? Of course not. Homophobia exists regardless of race and it’s disgusting.
Cargile, like so many in the GOP, is a Christian who’s full of hate. Homophobic, racist, Islamophobic, but he has the gall to talk about “cancel culture” when he’s canceling entire groups of people based on bigotry. And yet he’s asking a majority of voters to put him in office. They need to put him in the dustbin of history.
Mister P
Republicans rely on followers not having the critical thinking skills to see through the nonsense. To put it another way they need stupid people.
jennifer.white530
There are bad people in both parties. Look at all the women Bill Clinton raped. Juanita Broaddrick, Leslie Millwee, Paula Jones and Monica Lewinsky just to name a few.
Cam
Translation:
The right wing troll account will ALWAYS try to deflect a post away from an anti-LGBTQ bigoted Republican.
succubus
RAM Cam…translation…. you are so weak in your position GEEZ…talking about deflection…. guess you think you can do it here but not in your personal life…. eh?
What happened to PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS? death i hope?
justgeo
Most republican ‘Christians’ are so full of shit they can’t smell their own breathe!
southernscot
Please America ‘Don’t F*ck it up’. There are many countries that will point out how well they have done on promoting LGBTQ acceptance, but the influence of the US on such a platform has ramifications around the world. Keep fighting the good fight and don’t let the b’stards get you down.
jennifer.white530
I agree. A good thing President Trump has done was launching a global campaign to end the criminalization of homosexuality in dozens of nations where it’s still illegal to be gay.
Cam
@jennifer.white530
IT’s cute that the troll chose “White” as the name for this screename that continually defends rac-ists and anti-LGBTQ Republicans. Freudian slip?
Invader7
Typical Neo NAZI Agolf Twitterler brown noser !!