Tag: Fred Karger
The first openly gay prez candidate wants you to know he did it first
Fred Karger, the Los Angeles-based businessman and activist, has launched a 2020 campaign of a different sort.
He wants voters to know that he, not Pete Buttigieg, was the first openly gay man to seek the presidency.
Karger ran in 2012 as an “independent Republican,” and fully acknowledged that he had little-to-no chance of winning. Rather, he ran to spotlight his favorite causes, and to pave the road for a more serious candidate like Mayor Pete, who kicked ass in last...