Former President Donald Trump sparked controversy again by referring to a supporter who did not “look gay” at a fundraising event in Mar-a-Lago, Florida.
The event organized on Wednesday night was to benefit John Gibbs a Republican candidate from Michigan on Wednesday night, who is seeking to fill the position of Rep. Peter Meijer.
While the former president was giving a speech, one of the unidentified attendees shouted: “Gays for Trump!”
The former president immediately asked: “Where is the ‘Gay for Trump?'”
In the video hears the person reply: “We’re here”, but does not identify.
The former president points his finger at the person and says: “You don’t look gay”.
The president’s comment made the audience laugh.
The crowd laughed. pic.twitter.com/JedrScyISz— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) March , 2022
On several occasions, former President Trump has stated that he has done a “great job” with the LGBTQ+ community, but during his administration he implemented measures against transgender people in the Army.
“We did very well with the gay population, as you know,” he said.
Despite a small but noisy group of A staunch supporter within the LGBTQ+ community, the former president was widely criticized by gay and lesbian groups while in office.
Human Rights Campaign reported at least 33 actions of the Trump Administration that affected the LGBTQ+ community, such as its opposition to the Equality Law, which was approved in the House of Representatives with the support of Republicans, but the president did not he backed her up.
” guarantee critical protections against discrimination for LGBTQ people, among other crucial rights,” the report states.
It is also noted that the former president appointed judges with a clearly anti-LGBTQ+ position to courts District, in addition to the organization indicating that Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch also have a history against that community.
Other measures even complicated the processes for US foreign service diplomats and their same-sex partners, surrogate motherhood, ruling out LGBTQ+ people for child care in the child adoption system, and wanting to legalize dismissal for sexual orientation.
