Elections Have Consequences: Hate-Mongers Josh Schriver & Randy Fine
Exit polling suggests that while Latinos and African-Americans moved slightly towards Republicans this year, another minority groups, the LGBTQ community, moved away. It’s still early but first estimates are that around 12-16% of LGBTQ voters voted Republican this cycle, less than in previous elections. They may prioritize issues based on greed and selfishness over social issues, or they could align with a more libertarian view and deny their own place in the world of identity politics. Some might also feel disconnected from the broader LGBTQ community or view the GOP’s rhetoric as less impactful on their personal lives.
I have no LGBTQ numbers for Michigan but it’s a state that flipped to the GOP in the presidential race. Biden won Michigan by 2.78 points in 2020 only to see it swing back to Trump by 1.42 points this year. Republicans also flipped the 110-seat state House with a gain of 4 seats. It went from a 56-54 seat Democratic majority to a 58-52 seat Republican majority last month, a tragedy.
The results in one very red suburban district north of Detroit (HD-66), partially in Macomb and partially in Oakland, 90% white, wasn’t especially surprising. Far right incumbent Josh Schriver— who has the eyes of a serial kiler— swamped Democrat Shawn Almeranti-Crosby 39,990 (68%) to 18,781 (32%). It was a strong show of support for Schriver, a bigoted sociopath who was stripped of his staff and committee assignments in February for promoting the racist “replacement theory.” Before that he was best known for advocating the banning of birth control. On Monday he tweeted that same sex marriage should be criminalized. Questioned by the Detroit News about why he wants to ban gay marriage, he cited... his own interpretation of the Bible apparently having missed that Jesus' teachings focused entirely on love, compassion and forgiveness.
Schriver isn’t the only Republican elected official to be burnishing his MAGA credentials by spewing LGBTQ bigotry. In fact, deranged Florida man, Randy Fine, an embarrassment to Jews everywhere and a state Senator best known for his anti-Muslim mania, is running for the open congressional seat Mike Waltz is leaving to join the Trump regime. FL-06 is a red hellhole (R+14) that was gerrymandered to avoid Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Ocala, Tavares, Deltona and even most of The Villages. It includes Daytona Beach and Palm Coast and it was DeSantis’ district before he became governor. Trump beat Biden here by nearly 24 points.
Fine, a professional gambler previous to becoming a professional politician, is one of half a dozen Republicans running in the primary, although he doesn’t live in the district or represent any of it. A former page for B-1 Bob Dornan, Fine is out of his mind and has a long homophobic history, having claimed when he was a state Rep that gay people are “grooming” minors and insisting that the gay community be “erased.” There’s almost no chance at all that he won’t win the primary and the general, having been endorsed by Trump, MAGA Mike, Rick Scott and Steve Scalise. Dubbing himself the ‘Hebrew Hammer,” he is a genocidal maniac who threatened Ilan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, telling them to leave Congress before he arrives. Now that he’s running for election again, he’s been calling for restrictions on Pride celebrations and drag performances.
When I asked one prominent Democrat in Congress about Fine this morning, he said “Sure, just what Congress needs, another divisive, hate-spewing zealot taking cheap shots at his fellow Americans to excite the MAGA base.”
The germans had the jews. It's looking like our nazis have picked the LGBTQs as their boogeymen.
Show of hands, who remembers what the germans did to their jews?
Gee, too bad nobody stopped this shit from 1968 on, eh?