{"id":89748,"date":"2019-06-04T12:25:40","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T16:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/lawmaker-caught-on-tape-laughing-about-killing-gays-says-hes-the-victim-of-a-social-media-lynching\/"},"modified":"2019-06-04T12:25:40","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T16:25:40","slug":"lawmaker-caught-on-tape-laughing-about-killing-gays-says-hes-the-victim-of-a-social-media-lynching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/lawmaker-caught-on-tape-laughing-about-killing-gays-says-hes-the-victim-of-a-social-media-lynching\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawmaker caught on tape laughing about killing gays says he\u2019s the victim of a \u201csocial media lynching\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Lawmaker caught on tape laughing about killing <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gays<\/a> says he\u2019s the victim of a \u201csocial media lynching\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2019\/06\/MikeHill-1-670x377.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Hill talking to press\" width=\"670\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2019\/06\/MikeHill-1-670x377.jpg 670w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2019\/06\/MikeHill-1-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\"><\/p>\n<p>Things aren\u2019t looking so good for Republican Florida state Rep. Mike Hill, and his desperation is starting to show.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, audio of Hill making the homophobic comments during a forum held by the group Women for Responsible Legislation leaked online.<\/p>\n<p>In the recording, the 61-year-old lawmaker is heard saying being <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> is a choice and therefore unworthy of protections in the Civil Rights Act, like those for race and gender.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cMy fundamental problem with that is someone\u2019s sexual orientation or \u2018proclivity\u2019 to want to do something\u2026that is your business,\u201d he says. \u201cAnd it\u2019s a choice. You say \u2018I was born that way.\u2019 Fine. Nobody\u2019s forcing you to engage in that relationship, even if you were born that way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat you do is a behavior and a choice that you have, as opposed to you can\u2019t help your <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a>, your race, your nationality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">man<\/a> in the crowd <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">calls<\/a> for legislation to fulfill the Biblical \u201cprescription\u201d to put <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> people to death, Hill laughs then quips: \u201cI wonder how that would go over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hill\u2019s comments have been denounced by both Democrats and Republicans alike.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Florida House Speaker Jose Oliva and House Rules Chairman Chris Sprowls, who are both Republicans, released a joint statement this week denouncing their colleague.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuch callous indifference to an outrageous question is unacceptable, runs contrary to our founding principles, and in no way reflects the beliefs of the Republican caucus in the Florida House.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While they stopped short of calling on Hill to resign, Oliva did say he \u201cowes his colleagues an apology and he owes the Republican caucus a better example of political courage.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, more than 75 people gathered in downtown Pensacola yesterday evening to stage a protest over Hill\u2019s remarks, waving signs calling on Hill to resign and chanting, \u201cThe murder of <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gays<\/a> is no laughing matter!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leading the march was\u00a0Rodney Jones, president of the NAACP Pensacola branch, who told the crowd, \u201cWe all <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">live<\/a> together as human beings, and for an individual to think that it is funny that one individual within our community is executed or killed is ignorant themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd they have no place in leadership. They have no right to be there because he feels that way about one person who lives in my community, he feels the same way about me.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, Hill continues to dig in his heels, accusing those against him of a conducing \u201csocial media lynching\u201d against him.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Your social media lynching is despicable. I never laughed at a joke about killing <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gays<\/a>, and you know it. Your trash media has a history of attacking me. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IMM5ghNwe3\">t.co\/IMM5ghNwe3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Hill (@MikeHillfl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeHillfl\/status\/1134933261023612929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 1, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He followed that up with another tweet this morning that included a link to an article on the right-wing propaganda site\u00a0<em>American Thinker\u00a0<\/em>about how the \u201cLGBT lobby\u201d has \u201cmanufactured outrage\u201d in an effort to bring down Florida\u2019s only two Black republican legislators.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zVYWCPVGj8\">t.co\/zVYWCPVGj8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Hill (@MikeHillfl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeHillfl\/status\/1135921312357126144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 4, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Then yesterday, Hill hit his local media circuit,\u00a0appearing on two different Pensacola radio stations to <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">call<\/a> the whole situation \u201cabsurd\u201d and to claim the recording of him laughing about killing <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> people had been \u201ctaken out of context.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Audio of Hill\u2019s full homophobic remarks continues to circulate around the internet.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eqfl.org\/sites\/default\/files\/rick9662_2019-05-30T09_42_23-07_00%20(1).mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">You can listen for yourself here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As we stated yesterday, it sure doesn\u2019t sound like he was taken at all out of context.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/leaked-audio-gop-rep-laughs-executing-queers-explaining-gay-choice-20190603\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leaked audio: GOP Rep laughs about executing queers after explaining being gay is a choice<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?a=9a70Pxc3KKs:YMXorRAoUaA:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?a=9a70Pxc3KKs:YMXorRAoUaA:dnMXMwOfBR0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?d=dnMXMwOfBR0\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/lawmaker-caught-tape-laughing-killing-gays-says-hes-victim-social-media-lynching-20190604?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+queerty2+%28Queerty%29\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.queerty.com\/lawmaker-caught-tape-laughing-killing-gays-says-hes-victim-social-media-lynching-20190604?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+queerty2+%28Queerty%29<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lawmaker caught on tape laughing about killing <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gays<\/a> says he\u2019s the victim of a \u201csocial media lynching\u201d Things aren\u2019t looking so good for Republican Florida state Rep. 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