The irony of a gay man complaining about “anti-Muslim bigotry” is rich to say the least. If he’s looking for bigotry to complain about, why not start here?
Via Mediaite:
The founder of the conservative gay advocacy group GOPround, Jimmy LaSalvia, joined the hosts of MSNBC’s They Cycle on Thursday where he again renounced his prior affiliation with the Republican Party. LaSalvia told the MSNBC hosts that one of the few places left that accepts anti-gay bigotry is the GOP and this is why the party’s nominees will “never win again.”
“It was during the 2012 election when I realized just how big the problem was,” LaSalvia said. “I saw how Mitt Romney was held hostage and paralyzed with fear of retribution from the forces of intolerance in the party.”
He said that, while the party has broadly become more inclusive, a “small” group of anti-gay and anti-Muslim bigots “are holding the party back.”
“I don’t think that they’re ever going to win a national election again,” he added. “So if I’ve determined that they can’t win the biggest prize, then what’s the point?”