Black Gay Trump supporter leaves the GOP after figuring out he’ll never be accepted
X Twitter, Smith says the ugly incident prompted him to reconsider his political identity. Stay woke with our briefing while staying informed on all things LGBTQ+ entertainment, life, and more!“I’m always going to be a right-leaning person, but I’m not going to identify as a Republican, conservative, etc because it’s whack.
That’s what it is,” he said. Now, the existence of homophobes and bigots in the Republican Party is hardly news. GOP party platforms across the country denounce gay people, with the Texas GOP calling homosexuality “abnormal.” With the rise of anti-LGBTQ+ backlash, gay Republicans are admitting failure in their quest to make the party more inclusive.
But Smith didn’t publicly express those views, until he was personally targeted. He says white nationalists, including Missouri state Rep.
Chris Lonsdale, shouted homophobic and racial slurs towards him at the aforementioned December event. Smith shared a fresh video of the episode Tuesday, which clearly shows Lonsdale, who was wearing a red tie and hideous plaid jacket, yelling “gay sex” and “f*****” towards him. (For what it’s worth, the recording didn’t capture any audible racial slurs.)Also attending the Phoenix incident in which I was harassed by White Nationalists who screamed racist and homophobic slurs at me is @ChrisLonsdaleKC who is a Republican State Representative for Missouri District 38.Does @MissouriGOP condone this behavior?
