{"id":94451,"date":"2019-08-25T14:25:26","date_gmt":"2019-08-25T18:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/backgrounder-2020-candidate-joe-walshs-anti-lgbtq-record-shows-he-would-also-be-hostile-to-lgbtq-americans\/"},"modified":"2019-08-25T14:25:26","modified_gmt":"2019-08-25T18:25:26","slug":"backgrounder-2020-candidate-joe-walshs-anti-lgbtq-record-shows-he-would-also-be-hostile-to-lgbtq-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/backgrounder-2020-candidate-joe-walshs-anti-lgbtq-record-shows-he-would-also-be-hostile-to-lgbtq-americans\/","title":{"rendered":"BACKGROUNDER: 2020 Candidate Joe Walsh\u2019s Anti-LGBTQ Record Shows He Would Also Be Hostile to LGBTQ Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"

BACKGROUNDER: 2020 Candidate Joe Walsh\u2019s Anti-LGBTQ Record Shows He Would Also Be Hostile to LGBTQ Americans<\/b><\/p>\n

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Like President Trump, Walsh has used the power of his public profile to repeatedly attack the LGBTQ community<\/em><\/p>\n

ICYMI<\/em><\/a>: Joe Walsh insists that a \u201ctransgender man<\/a> is a woman<\/a>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

NEW YORK \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>GLAAD, the world\u2019s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, today released the following background document to the media on former Illinois Republican congressman Joe Walsh, who announced Sunday morning that\u00a0he would challenge President Trump<\/a>\u00a0in the upcoming Republican presidential primary. While President Trump has issued more than\u00a0124 attacks<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0on the LGBTQ community since 2017, the former congressman has an anti-LGBTQ record that would likely continue to roll back acceptance for LGBTQ Americans across the nation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Former Congressman Joe Walsh was a\u00a0vocal supporter of Trump<\/a>\u00a0during the 2016 presidential election, but Walsh has become a critic of the President despite having used similar rhetoric against marginalized communities, including against LGBTQ Americans, in public life. Below is a sampling of Walsh\u2019s anti-LGBTQ record.<\/p>\n

BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Joe Walsh\u2019s Long Anti-LGBTQ Record\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014 In Congress,\u00a0voted<\/a>\u00a0to prevent government funds from being used in ways that ran counter to the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).<\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Campaigned against<\/a>\u00a0marriage equality: \u201cFinally, I’m a strong supporter of traditional marriage and believe that a marriage can only exist between one man<\/a> and one woman<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Wrote<\/a>: \u201cI don’t believe in the whole concept of “hate crimes.”<\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Applauded<\/a>\u00a0the poor ratings performance of some LGBTQ-inclusive TV shows, writing \u201cGood. Hollywood can\u2019t shove it down our throats.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Insisted<\/a>: \u201cA transgender \u201cman<\/a>\u201d is a woman<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Tweeted<\/a>: \u201cI told Thomas Jefferson that the government was forcing a grandmother to arrange flowers for a gay<\/a> wedding. He said, “Grab your Musket!!!”<\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Referred<\/a>\u00a0to LGBTQ activists as \u201cconstitutional terrorists.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Tweeted<\/a>: \u201cAt Transgender Summer Camp, kids as young as 4yrs are told they\u2019re \u2018normal.\u2019 4yrs old. That\u2019s just wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Claimed<\/a>\u00a0Christian vendors should be able to turn away LGBTQ people, calling a ruling in favor of an anti-gay<\/a> photographer \u201ca proper court ruling.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Tweeted<\/a>: \u201cI will now carry my gun anywhere, even in a “gun free zone” bakery. If a bakery can’t say no to your gay<\/a> wedding it can’t say no to my gun.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Said<\/a>\u00a0openly gay<\/a> figure skater Adam Rippon refusing to meeting with anti-LGBTQ Vice President Pence was an example of \u201cthe intolerant Left at it again.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Claimed<\/a>\u00a0\u201cIslam hates #LGBT. Muslims hate gays<\/a>. If you are gay<\/a>, Islam wants you dead.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Insisted<\/a>: \u201cLiberals don\u2019t care about gay<\/a> people. They only care about gay<\/a> votes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Tweeted<\/a>: \u201cGo ahead & identify as a woman<\/a>. Godspeed. But you can\u2019t pee next to my 17 yr old daughter. Ok?\u201d<\/p>\n

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