GOP Rep. Lauren Boehbert uses anti-gay stereotypes to explain vote against LGBTQ rights bill

Rep. Lauren Boehbert (R-CO) used anti-gay stereotypes to explain her plan to vote against LGBTQ civil rights.
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Rep. Lauren Boehbert (R-CO) is another radical Trump acolyte known for her support for the Capitol insurrection and her gun fetish. The Congresswoman recently made headlines when she posed for a Zoom meeting with several loaded guns propped up behind her in an unsafe manner.

The Congresswoman is regularly compared to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), a QAnon believer who has been stripped of all committee assignments after endorsing the assassination of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). Like Greene, Boehbert is viciously – and proudly – anti-LGBTQ.

Related: QAnon Rep says LGBTQ Equality Act will hurt women, Christians & fetuses in unhinged rant

The GOP has been using transgender women as the scapegoat for their opposition to the bill. They have repeatedly denigrated trans kids and student athletes, and accused the parents of trans people of being neglectful or abusive.

During an unhinged rant full of fake claims about transgender pre-teens, Boehbert managed to bring her transphobic comments around full circle to loop in an anti-gay stereotype that all gay men are feminine.

She said she is…

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