𝐇𝐎𝐓 𝐌𝐈𝐂 𝐀𝐓 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐄 — 𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐂𝐑𝐀𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐏 𝐉𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐋𝐄𝐖𝐈𝐒 𝐌𝐎𝐂𝐊𝐒 𝐋𝐆𝐁𝐓𝐐 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐓𝐔𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐒 ‘𝐋𝐀𝐃𝐘 𝐆𝐔𝐘’ 𝐀𝐍𝐃 ‘𝐆𝐀𝐘 𝐆𝐔𝐘’
Jack Lewis represents Massachusetts’ 7th Middlesex District—Framingham—and has built his public profile on LGBTQ allyship, showing up to Pride events and championing pro-equality legislation in the State House. At a Pride event this week, a hot mic caught Lewis in an unguarded exchange with another attendee. He was explaining how he saves people’s contact information in his phone.
“𝘐’𝘮 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦, 𝘭𝘦𝘵’𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥. 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘨𝘶𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦? 𝘎𝘶𝘺, 𝘨𝘶𝘺. 𝘋𝘰𝘨, 𝘨𝘶𝘺. 𝘓𝘢𝘥𝘺, 𝘨𝘶𝘺. 𝘖𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦— 𝘈 𝘨𝘢𝘺 𝘨𝘶𝘺, 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘩. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵—𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸—𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦.”
His companion’s response: “𝘋𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺.” Not names—denominators. A Massachusetts Democrat who campaigns on seeing, affirming, and uplifting the LGBTQ community doesn’t bother to learn his constituents’ names. 𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝.
This is the party that turned pronoun compliance into a political litmus test. The party that labels every Republican a homophobe for insufficient enthusiasm over a Pride flag. The party that demands gender-inclusive language from every institution in America and treats any shortcoming as evidence of hatred. Democrats built an entire brand on being the side that sees, affirms, and dignifies LGBTQ people. That brand just showed its foundation.
A politician who files LGBTQ constituents under 𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘨𝘶𝘺 and 𝘨𝘢𝘺 𝘨𝘶𝘺 is not seeing them—he’s sorting them. He is categorizing people he is supposed to represent the same way you’d sort contacts by their job title. His companion’s response—“𝘋𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺”—confirms this is a shared framework, not an accidental slip. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐭.
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐛𝐞.
State Sen. John Moran and state Rep. Jack Lewis were caught making off-color remarks while also disparaging fellow lawmaker during a Pride Month celebration at the State House steps. https://t.co/vlzLMOKCf5
Tiawana Brown, a former Democrat City Council member in Charlotte, NC, along with her two daughters, have all pleaded GUILTY to stealing TENS of THOUSANDS of dollars in COVID relief funds.
Just more Democrats doing the thing they say never happens.
Nothing to see here...
A classroom in Dartmouth High School (@DartmouthHS) in MA, reportedly has a board that reads "Have a Gay Summer!" alongside Pride flags.
We reached out to the school to ask if they thought this was appropriate for kids, but they did not respond.
Even in deep red states like Idaho you have mentally ill men in dresses using your tax dollars to groom children… or worse. Be vigilant. They/them are everywhere 😳
@DefiantLs@SnowflakeSlayr1 This is child abuse and endangerment. Why on earth aren’t their mothers in hand cuffs.
We all know there isn’t a father involved.