Conservative, LGBTQ organization Log Cabin Republicans celebrated Presidents Day yesterday by releasing a video of several supporters thanking Donald Trump.
The video comes from its ‘Outspoken’ project, which was launched last year in an attempt to help Trump become re-elected.
This President’s Day, LGBTs say ‘Thank you!’ to President Donald J. Trump. pic.twitter.com/PavXuT82VV
— LogCabinRepublicans (@LogCabinGOP) February 15, 2021
Fresh from being acquitted of encouraging insurrection in the Capitol last month during his history-making second impeachment, Trump received praise for, among other things, “giving a voice to Americans that felt overlooked”, “exposing how incredibly corrupt the media is,” and for showing that sometimes “an outsider is the best person for the job.”
Related: Richard Grenell demands White House press secretary “apologize to the gay community”
Between 2017-2021, advocacy group GLAAD keeping a running count of all the Trump administration’s attacks on LGBTQ people. It totaled 181 by the time Trump left office, including his ban on trans people serving in the military and a move to allow federal employers to discriminate against LGBTQ just days before his departure from the White House.
However, the MAGA-loving supporters here wanted to thank him for being “the first President in history to enter office as a supporter of marriage equality” and “the first pro-gay President when entering office.”
One contributor said he was “eternally grateful” to Trump for the way in which he had opened “the tent of the Republican party [to] accept LGBT Americans.”
Trump is also lauded for launching a global campaign to decriminalize homosexuality. Although this initiative was indeed announced in 2019, whether it achieved any tangible results is moot. Claiming, as is done here, that Trump, “set precedent for Joe Biden and the Biden administration to follow … picking up where Donald Trump left off,” is perhaps a stretch.
Related: Richard Grenell celebrates Veteran’s Day by thanking a war criminal. Really.
The video received a largely bemused reaction online, with many thinking at first that it may have been a parody or asking if April Fools Day had arrived early.
NOT ENOUGH EYE ROLLS pic.twitter.com/UNaf5BCq1c
— Rowena Del Xena (@ohzerout) February 15, 2021
“He’s opened the tent to LGBTQ Americans” ????
Trump opened the tent to the Proud Boys, the Oath Keepers, White supremacists, Three Percenters, KKK, Neo-nazis and all far right neo-fascist militias.Good luck surviving in that tent of hatred towards you 👍🏻
— 🐝Debbie O’Donnell (@homesickdebs) February 15, 2021
The video was praised by some Trump supporters. The former US ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell, was among those to retweet it.
Imjustsaying
How much does one have to hate oneself?
dhmonarch89
we should make wanted posters- or ‘UNWanted’, of all these men and post them on all the hook up sites with messages saying, ‘DO NOT HAVE SEX with this back stabbing SOB!’
ted72
????????
wikidBSTN
Everybody needs someone – even bat sh** crazy people.
Fahd
Sad!
Harley
Any and every time I meet a gay parson who says they are republican, I immediately turn around and walk the other way as fast as I can. How self loathing do you have to be to be gay and call yourself a Republican.
Mister P
Supporting tRump is way worse than just being republican.
Cam
Pretty much all of Log Cabin’s chapters have folded. It’s now just a name on some stationary that is used when Republicans need cover for their bigotry. I would bet it doesn’t even have 500 dues paying members.
Josh447
The delusional speaks.
rand503
What they really said was, “Thank you President Trump. May I have another?”
WSnyder
Facts don’t matter. Truth doesn’t matter. Common sense doesn’t apply.
They will rationalize the irrational and refuse to admit they’ve been wrong even though buried very deep they know it. This is the same as any ‘cult’ we’ve become familiar with, weak minded people buying into lies for any number of reasons. Were seeing the stories of the ex-QAnon followers who’ve managed in several different ways to ‘snap out of it’. In time some of these people will too. When their love of Trump becomes so toxic to their lives and they are ostracized and alienated by friends, family and co-workers, some will realize they can’t live like that anymore.
There’s no talking to them now, this is a rough journey they’ll have to take on their own. All we can do is pity them and ignore their words like you would any cult member.
Ya can’t fix stupid.
Evji108
Maybe they have a bad boy fetish. They probably thought the insurrectionist were hot. Hey Proud Boy why don’t you choke me while pound my bussy on the capitol steps.
Goforit
I can almost, ALMOST understand how someone could be so stupid as to allow themselves to be duped into voting for Trump the first time around. But over the last 4 years he has proven himself, beyond any doubt, that he is a treasonous pile of stinking dog s**t. Anyone that still supports him is equally a treasonous pile of stinking dog s**t.
humble charlie
This is proof that being gay is normal. We can be just as crazy as the Qanon kooks. We can vote against our own best interests. We can be easily swayed by money.
Openminded
That’s a very honest takeaway from this story. Being LGBT doesn’t exempt you from all the other pitfalls life has to offer.
Joshua333
Remember their faces and avoid like the plague.
ShiningSex
SELF LOATHING LGBT IS GROSS.
ONE OF THE MAIN REASON IS RACISM. THERE’S A LOT OF RACISM, TRANSPHOBIA IN OUR COMMUNITY SADLY.
radiooutmike
“However, the MAGA-loving supporters here wanted to thank him for being “the first President in history to enter office as a supporter of marriage equality” and “the first pro-gay President when entering office.”
What?
Only the most politically uninformed and naive people would vote for Trump. You voted in trash and you got one hell of a dumpster fire.
I could formerly almost understand Log Cabin Republicans. Maybe you don’t like taxes and want small government (strictest definition) and only that. And you also like dick and/or ass. Well there’s only one way to go. I can almost get that, except that party don’t want you.
They’ll take your votes. They’ll take your money. But they don’t want you. The only reason they accept their own is because they tow the company line and are “respectable”.
Joshooeerr
There was only one thing worse than the Germans who supported the Nazis rise to power. And that would be the Germans who continued to support the Nazis after all their evil and wretchedness, including their crimes against the German people, were exposed. Just sayin’
James
YOU THINK I AM GOING TO WATCH A VIDEO OF A BUNCH OF NAZI TRASH LOSER MORONS.
THEY SHOULD ALL BE IN PRISON. FUK TRUMP.
spunkfunker
It’s not a political party anymore.; it’s a cult!! This weird worship of the orange sun god is just unsetteling. Even moreso now that we know he is a total loser hell bent on burning it all to the ground! Help us Black Jesus.
FridM
Beyond stupid! What a bunch of losers….
ta2t2o
“There are dozens of us….well half a dozen, anyway. If you happen to see a gay Hispanic, have them call us.”
And look at all the Lesbian supporter.
BLAKENOW
Best way to not support these idiots is to NOT cover them. FYI there is 25 percent of LGBTQ voters that voted for the orange turd. So let’s not cover these fools at all ….
CityguyUSA
There are none so blind as those that won’t see.