Republican Lawmakers React To Anti-LGBTQ Violence
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Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
“It’s a damn shame that we have to hear about it.”
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Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan
“We don’t have gay people in Ohio.”
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Marjorie Taylor Greene
Marjorie Taylor Greene
“Before I respond—were any of them Jewish?”
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Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
“I can’t believe you would see the obvious evil in my eyes and still ask me about this.”
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Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
“My state’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law prohibits me from offering my condolences.”
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Bill Cassidy
Bill Cassidy
“Focusing on how much I stoke anti-LGBTQ violence minimizes all the tireless work I put in every day toward endangering the lives of racial minorities, disabled people, and immigrants.”
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Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
“…the L stands for ‘Likes to be a pedophile,’ the G stands for ‘Gotta be a pedophile,’ the B stands for ‘Boy, do I love being a pedophile,’ the T stands for…”
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Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
“I condemn leaving any LGBTQ people alive in the strongest possible terms.”
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Rick Scott
Rick Scott
“I love when I see the blood. The blood that flows, softly, softly, as it runneth over the cup of humanity. I see the wretched masses roiled in blood, massive tsunamis of hot red blood crashing o’er the people of this country. I see dark crimson gusts of wind-blown blood sweeping through the streets, filling all the empty pockets of this earth; I worship the blood, and Death is my master.”
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Mike Pence
Mike Pence
“I find it disgusting that a human being could do something that should be left to God.”
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Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
“Well, it’s complicated. Do I believe that being LGBTQ is wrong? Yes. Do I believe that LGBTQ people should be denied basic human rights in America? Yes. Have I loudly trumpeted hate speech toward the LGBTQ community? Yes. But do I think that violence should come upon them? Yes.”
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John Boozman
John Boozman
“Imagine if your son was gay or transgender. You’d fucking hate him, right? Now imagine that on a large scale, and you can see why I’m so angry.”
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Jim Inhofe
Jim Inhofe
“For the last time, there is absolutely no connection between me wanting violence against LGBTQ people and violence against LGBTQ people, and any suggestion that I want people to commit violence against LGBTQ people just because I want people to commit violence against LGBTQ people is absurd.”
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Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
“I’m going to try to keep all of the right-wing House members underneath me happy by giving a thumbs-up but also frowning.”
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Louie Gohmert
Louie Gohmert
“It’s just nice to know my repeated call to arms to slaughter LGBTQ+ actually made a difference in the world.”
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Brian Kemp
Brian Kemp
“Whoever does the most anti-LGBTQ violence this year wins a $20 gift card for Starbucks.”
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Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
“What about JFK? He got shot, and he was straight.”
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Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
“One of my best guns is gay.”
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Rand Paul
Rand Paul
“Don’t blame this on my rhetoric when I don’t even know what’s coming out of my mouth half the time.”
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Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
“I’ll watch girls do stuff together if that would help.”
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Marjorie Taylor Greene
Marjorie Taylor Greene
“If I had been there, I would have been able to stop the crazed combat veteran who intervened.”
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Chuck Grassley
Chuck Grassley
“No one should experience violence just because of who they love. What? Oh, sorry, I thought you were asking about actual pedophiles.”
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Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
“My thoughts and prayers go out to anyone traumatized after learning there was a gay bar in town.”
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Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
“If we kill enough of these people, it could really do wonders for our electoral calculus.”
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