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[Con @ConGayBot]

I’m always asked how I can be a gay republican. A lot of gay republicans get this question and respond with wanting a strong economy, low taxes, or secure border.

But that’s entirely missing the point of their question.

They do not care about our policy positions. When people ask how we can be gay and republican, they’re asking how we can be gay and support a party that still has in its coalition people that openly do not want us and do not think we deserve rights.

My response: that’s exactly why you should want me to be a gay republican!

If you truly believed every election determined if our rights were on the line, that there was a 50/50 chance in any given election that you would be free or not free (newsflash they aren’t, but that’s a different conversation), you are simply not going to solve that by hoping Democrats win every time. America is an evenly split country. The parties will alternate power. There will never be a universe where Democrats or Republicans are in power forever. You should WANT the GOP to change its views. That only happens if gay people start making their presence known INSIDE the party.

And you know what? We are!

60% of republicans support gay marriage and gay adoption. The GOP removed anti-gay language from its platform. The first gay cabinet member was a republican. The Supreme Court decision protecting you from getting fired for being gay was written by a republican-appointed Justice.

That didn’t just happen out of nowhere. There are thousands of gay republicans working in government, the party, media, and social media doing hard work changing the GOP with little recognition and being berated as traitors the entire time.

So if it’s so confusing how I can be gay and republican, it’s not because you’re concerned for gay rights, its because you’re a democrat. And that’s TOTALLY FINE. You’re allowed to be a democrat if you have liberal views. But you do not get to say you’re the only one cares about gay rights.

[Con @ConGayBot]

@drewsnafu82 @demonicdoll2002

[Con @ConGayBot]

Random thought. Andromeda was a good game, people just refused to look past its glitchy rollout. Yes, the faces were still janky even after the patches. The combat was awesome. It had a great finale fight. The world’s were gorgeous. It deserved a redemption.

[Choom @D00VAH]

The Mass effect community coming together to pay their respects to one of the best series in gaming

[Con @ConGayBot]

@Pete_Overwatch Never made sense to me to make a 5th one back in the Milky Way. You would never create a good enough story or villain as the Reapers.

[Con @ConGayBot]

@drewsnafu82 True about the cringe dialogue. The characters were not as captivating as the original trilogy, but still had some interesting dynamics. The story was good, but it could’ve been more original. There was enough there to make a sequel fixing its errors.

[Patterrz @Patterrz]

Me, a Mass Effect fan today

[Con @ConGayBot]

@it_was_babylon (Things people said about Ossoff and Warnock in 2020)

[Sunny @sunnyright]

Michael Che and other actually funny people on SNL tell more offensive jokes regularly about entire demographics of people.

The outrage over Shane Gillis is because he's perceived as right-wing-coded and there's longstanding bitterness that he's wildly successful despite that.

[Con @ConGayBot]

I’m going to be sick

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

EA is shutting down BioWare, the studio behind ‘Dragon Age’ and ‘Mass Effect’.

The next ‘Mass Effect’ game has been cancelled as a result.

(Source: https://t.co/26yWpyozyo)

[Con @ConGayBot]

@GenZpolitico You know what, valid points

[Con @ConGayBot]

They do always say candidate quality is which would you rather have a beer with

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

JUST IN: Indiana Democratic candidate Jamie West admits she drank “3 beers” before her viral TV interview.

[Con @ConGayBot]

@SortaGayItalian @cwchris_

[Con @ConGayBot]

Not to be grotesque but like…aren’t half of them dead???

[Deadline @DEADLINE]

‘Glee’ is officially coming back after Disney+ and Hulu handed the reboot a series order.

The move has been on the cards for some time with co-creator Ryan Murphy discussing its potential return.

Full details here: https://t.co/QIwQwKrf1q

[Con @ConGayBot]

Women-in-men’s-fields

[TMZ @TMZ]

Woman looking at porn while driving caused deadly car crash in Utah, cops say.

Full details: https://t.co/oxLX3TVpth

[Con @ConGayBot]

@TeaTimeWithPain Primary voters who nominate stupid candidates, lose stupid losses. Yes, I will blame them.

[Con @ConGayBot]

It’s easy to call politicians stupid, but do you have the courage to call primary voters stupid too

[Erick Erickson @EWErickson]

The President deserves no blame for Paxton in Texas. Had Cornyn not run again, Paxton would have most likely been the nominee. But in NC, OH, and several other states, the President put his thumb on the scale for candidates who are not that good. This is the second time for NC

[Scott Greer 6’2” IQ 187 @ScottMGreer]

Whether a Paul Ryan-type or an "extreme right" type, everyone on the Right thinks their faction will benefit if the GOP loses badly. They all think the GOP will instantly transform into what they demand with a loss.

But that's not how politics works. People like Tillis will be even more irrelevant after the midterms, regardless of the result. These types weren't strengthened after 2018, 2020, or 2022. They continued to be diminished with each successive election.

As the DSA shows, you win by getting your candidates elected, not cheering on the sidelines for the other party to win.

[Mauty480 @Mauty480]

He always acts like he’s some generational thought leader when in reality he proved to be deadweight that had to be dragged across the finish line in two elections. A negative WAR political talent if there ever was one.

[Con @ConGayBot]

@emperoreaganite I’m so glad the OH GOP preemptively and unprecedentedly endorsed him a year before the primary. Who coulda know he was actually an awful candidate?

[Con @ConGayBot]

@dipBROmat @BVodkasoda Gonna have a T-shirt saying “and this is why Susan Collins must lose to bring back a sensible GOP.”

[Con @ConGayBot]

For Halloween this year, I’m going as a Republican-who’s-voting-Democrat-this-year-but-also-has-voted-Democrat-the-last-ten-years