Republican politician calls Buttigieg a ‘queer’ during council meeting


Sevier County Commissioner Warren Hurst
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A county commissioner in Tennessee was caught on video ranting about how the U.S. has “a queer running for president.”

“It’s time we wake up people, it’s time, it’s past time,” said Sevier County Commissioner Warren Hurst (R) at a meeting yesterday about an ordinance to make the county a “gun sanctuary.”

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Even though the meeting was supposedly about guns, Hurst attacked South Bend Mayor and 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg because he’s gay.

“We got a queer running for president, if that ain’t about as ugly as you can get,” Hurst, who had a toothpick in his mouth, said to laughs and applause.

“Look what we got running for president in the Democratic party. We can go over here to [the Sevier County] jail and get better people out of there than those running for democratic to be President of the United States.”

A woman in the public said, “This is not professional. This is [expletive].” She left.

But Hurst continued: “I’m not prejudice, a white male in this country has very few rights and they’re getting took more every day.”

Some people applauded at the end of his rant and a few shouted “Amen.”

Hurst was contacted by WVLT 8 after video of his speech was made public and he said he stands by his words.

He also said that he has a black friend….

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