Tony Green, a self-described gay conservative who “often juggles persecution for my sexuality while being true to my values,” spent months dismissing the novel coronavirus as a “scamdemic” — until the virus almost took his life. “I admit I voted for Donald Trump in 2016,” wrote Green in an op-ed for the DallasVoice. “I admit traveling deep into the conspiracy trap over COVID-19.
All the defiant behavior of Trump’s more radical and rowdy cult followers, I participated in it. I was a hard-ass that stood up for my ‘God-given rights.’” He confessed to going down the rabbit hole of COVID-19 conspiracy theories. “I believed the virus to be a hoax.