{"id":93844,"date":"2019-08-11T10:25:31","date_gmt":"2019-08-11T14:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/gay-instagram-influencer-blasted-after-posting-photo-with-beach-bro-aaron-schock\/"},"modified":"2019-08-11T10:25:31","modified_gmt":"2019-08-11T14:25:31","slug":"gay-instagram-influencer-blasted-after-posting-photo-with-beach-bro-aaron-schock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/gay-instagram-influencer-blasted-after-posting-photo-with-beach-bro-aaron-schock\/","title":{"rendered":"Gay Instagram \u2018Influencer\u2019 Blasted After Posting Photo with \u2018Beach Bro\u2019 Aaron Schock"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gay Instagram \u2018Influencer\u2019 Blasted After Posting Photo with \u2018Beach Bro\u2019 Aaron Schock<\/b><\/p>\n

Jeremy Cormier, an Instagram \u201cinfluencer,\u201d was blasted by followers on Saturday after posting a photo with his \u201cbeach bro,\u201d disgraced former GOP Congressman Aaron Schock.<\/p>\n

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A post shared by Jeremy Cormier<\/a> (@jeremycormier) on

Cormier was quickly slammed by followers.<\/p>\n

Activist James Duke Mason, who was the first to call out gay men posing with Schock at Coachella earlier this year<\/a>, wrote: \u201cJeremy, you know I love you, and you\u2019re entitled of course to associate with whomever you choose to associate with- but this is disappointing. I don\u2019t know who\u00a0@aaronschock<\/a>\u00a0is in his heart, but this is a man<\/a> who spent a decade actively fighting our rights and has STILL not apologized for it publicly. Think about the LGBT youth who have literally taken their lives because of anti-gay<\/a> politicians like Aaron. This post really breaks my heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wrote activist and drag queen Marti Gould Cummings: \u201cTell him he is a horrible person who put lives in danger and set lgbtq equality back. Tell him 28 states still discriminate in employment, housing, adoptions. Tell him 14 trans<\/a> women<\/a> of color have been murdered this year. Tell him he can\u2019t have his cake and eat it too. He needs to apologize for his actions in congress and spend everyday of his life working to right the wrongs of the votes he made agains lgbtq people. This is despicable.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wrote travel blogger Ben Schlappig: \u201cNothing to see here, just a disgraced anti-gay<\/a> politician who refuses to acknowledge his hypocrisy and the harm he has done to our community\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Added the Instagram sit \u2018sexyfamousmen\u2019: \u201cWhen abs are more important than principles. Hope you continue to enjoy the freedoms Aaron fought so hard to deny you in the first place.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wrote Ryan Hensler: \u201cThis is so f**king corny and so typical of the instagay community. How do you not care he voted against our communities interest while in congress?\u201d<\/p>\n

Schock\u2019s hypocrisy has been talked about much in recent months, after\u00a0photographs were taken of him with a group of gay men<\/a>\u00a0at the Coachella Music festival, he was spotted\u00a0talking up various men<\/a>\u00a0at a West Hollywood pool, he was photographed putting money in a go-go boy\u2019s briefs<\/a>, and after\u00a0a nude, sexual video<\/a>\u00a0turned up on Twitter.<\/p>\n

You may recall that Schock\u00a0recently slid out of corruption charges<\/a>\u00a0including filing false tax returns, mail fraud, wire fraud, submitting false reports to the FEC, false statements, and theft of government funds, defrauding the government of more than $100,000.<\/p>\n

Aside from the dropped corruption charges, Schock is known for his support of a federal amendment to ban same-sex<\/a> marriage and his support of the military\u2019s \u201cDon\u2019t Ask, Don\u2019t Tell\u201d policy. As well as\u00a0that Downton Abbey office<\/a>, and his\u00a0unforgettable turquoise belt<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mason, who took the photo of Schock at Coachella, said at the time: \u201cNormally I wouldn\u2019t comment on something like this, but I am just infuriated by these images of former Republican (and anti-gay<\/a>) Congressman Aaron Schock partying with a group of gay<\/a> men<\/a> at Coachella. The fact that he would think he could show his face in public, particularly when he has NEVER renounced or apologized for his votes against gay<\/a> marriage, gays<\/a> in the military and against anti-discrimination laws is astounding. My intention isn\u2019t to out him or target him personally, but simply to point out the hypocrisy. I saw him at a recent gay<\/a> social event in West Hollywood and shook his hand before I even knew who he was; he should really be ashamed of himself. And the gays<\/a> who associate with him without calling him out should know better. It really is a disgrace.\u201d<\/p>\n

An FEC filing from Schock in early June\u00a0raised speculation that he was planning another run for office<\/a>, but\u00a0Schock has denied that is happening<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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