The Log Cabin Republicans want you to know: They’re “not so sure where [Melania Trump] got her passion for equality, but it was there.
And it was real.” Who are they trying to convince there?The line comes with the kind of dead-eyed, listless delivery one might expect from a three-minute video celebrating the former First Lady as a “champion and inspiration” to the LGBTQ community.“Let’s be honest,” says another participant, “the gays love Melania Trump.”The cognitive dissonance may as well be satire except that… it isn’t.The video was produced to accompany an award the LGBTQ Republican organization presented Melania with over the weekend at Mar-a-Lago — the “Spirit of Lincoln Award.” Because if there’s one thing Abraham Lincoln was known.