GOP candidate Vernon Jones: Civil rights don’t apply to gays as “they can change”
Related: Donald Trump’s Truth Social app exceeds expectations in the failure department with 93% dropOn the Steve Bannon War Room podcast on Thursday, Jones dismissed comparisons between LGBTQ rights and civil rights.“Civil rights for Blacks, and gay rights for gays, are two different things,” said Jones.Bannon replied, “But they say it’s the same thing.”“But it’s not the same thing,” Jones interrupted. “I don’t know what you are unless you tell me what you are, if you’re gay.
But when I walk in that room, you can tell that I’m Black. I’m Black from cradle to grave, let’s not get that confused.”“They can actually change,” he continued. “You can go from being straight, to being gay, to being transgender and all these other genders,” he said. “But when you Black, I don’t have a choice.“When did gays come over in ships?” he added.Trump-endorsed congressional candidate Vernon Jones says, “civil rights for blacks and gay rights for gays are two different things,” because gays can choose to be straight if they want to.
