Tag: leaked chat messages
Puerto Rico’s governor will resign over homophobic & sexist remarks after days of protests
After days of massive protests, Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló will resign today despite vowing to remain in office. The protests started after the Center for Investigative Journalism leaked over 800 pages of messages full of profanity and hateful language about gay men, political opponents, and women from a group chat that was administered by Rosselló.
Sources tell CNN that he will resign today after giving a farewell address this afternoon. Just yesterday, in an interview with Fox News, Rosselló vowed...
Ricky Martin will join massive Puerto Rican protests over governor’s antigay comments
Out pop singer Ricky Martin will join protesters in Puerto Rico demanding the resignation of the island’s governor, Ricardo Rosselló. Leaked messages from a chat room administered by the Governor show Rosselló and other high ranking politicians using repeated antigay slurs, making sexist and derogatory comments about women, and wishing for the assassination of political opponents.
In one discussion, Puerto Rico’s chief financial officer Christian Sobrino accused singer Ricky Martin of being sexist because he’s gay.
“Nothing says patriarchal oppression like...
