An open letter to former GOP Congressman Aaron Schock

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GOP Candidate Who Claims ‘Trump is a Child Rapist’ Advances to Runoff in Texas

The last time we reported on Texas conspiracy theorist Robert Morrow, he had somehow been elected chair of the Travis County Republican Party in Austin. Morrow was subsequently ousted from the position because he filed to run for president as a write-in candidate in 2016, which is against party rules. But now, Morrow has made a dramatic comeback, earning the most votes Tuesday in a GOP primary for a State Board of Education seat.

The Texas Tribune reports: Leaders of his own party may disavow him, but more than 54,000 central Texas Republican voters embraced Robert Morrow on Tuesday, sending the man with a profanity-laced record of sexist, racist and conspiracy-laden tweets into a runoff for a seat on the body that decides what Texas children are taught in the classroom. He had no money, no endorsements and no campaign to speak of. What press attention he received would usually be considered fatal for a political candidate. Yet Morrow won around 40% of the vote for the District 5 seat on the State Board of Education, which stretches between San Antonio and Austin. He will face Lani Popp, a Northside ISD speech language pathologist, in a May 26 runoff.

More from the Austin Statesman:  With most polling places reporting Wednesday morning, Morrow, an anti-Trump provocateur who often posts photos of women’s breasts on social media, had 40% of votes in the Republican primary.  Party officials recently blasted Morrow for what they say is his use of vulgar, misogynist and slanderous language. Morrow, who has raised and spent no campaign money, spent most of Tuesday night reveling in his lead, peddling his beliefs that President Donald Trump is a child abuser and that President Lyndon B. Johnson was complicit in John F. Kennedy’s assassination. If elected to the board, he would work to ensure Texas students learn these fringe theories. “I am the best candidate for the children by far. The others stay silent about a child molester in the White House. My top issue is to Imprison Trump,” he said in a Tweet.

No word on whether Morrow will also push to teach Texas students about his other conspiracy theories, including that President George H.W. Bush was a “longtime homosexual pedophile,” that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is “an angry bull dyke,” and that former Texas. Gov. Rick Perry is “a rampaging bisexual adulterer.”

As we noted four years ago, Morrow also once hilariously alleged that a gay escort was “plundering Karl Rove’s soft, pillowy ass.”

“You need to Google a picture of George W. Bush kissing the bald head of Jeff Gannon, who’s a bald-headed gay prostitute who was posing as a journalist in the White House press corps,” Morrow told Time Warner Cable News. “It makes me wonder if Karl Rove got him that journalist’s pass. It makes me wonder if Jeff Gannon was having sex with Karl Rove. Jeff Gannon was a gay prostitute who was known for being a top. Do you know what a top is, and a bottom? Jeff Gannon was a top, and he was running around the Bush White House like he was a stray cat.”

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Dustin Lance Black Endorses Joe Biden: ‘To Meet Him Is to Love Him’

The Oscar-winning screenwriter lauds Biden’s early support for marriage equality and his coalition-building skills.

www.advocate.com/election/2020/3/05/dustin-lance-black-endorses-joe-biden-meet-him-love-him

Gay Twitter has a lot to say about Aaron Schock’s non-apology coming out

Former GOP Congressman Aaron Schock publicly came out as gay on Thursday morning.

You can read what he had to say here.

But if you do read his lengthy coming out note, here are two words you won’t find in any tense: “apology” and “sorry.”

Related: Former antigay Congressman Aaron Schock officially comes out as gay

Schock attempts to justify his former opposition to gay marriage as being a product of the times. He does not address his other past antigay positions such as voting against lifting the ban on LGB people serving in the military and voting not to extend hate crime protections to include sexual orientation and gender identity.

In fact, his time in office earned him a 0% rating on HRC’s Congressional Scorecard.

So it’s not entirely surprising that folks online aren’t taking so well to his letter. Here’s some of the reaction on Twitter:

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Trump’s Deadly Coronavirus Lies, Chuck Schumer, Elizabeth Warren, Twitter ‘Fleets,’ Gay Cuckolds, Tito’s Vodka, Katy Perry: HOT LINKS

DANGEROUS LIES: Trump Unleashes More Coronavirus Misinformation on National Television

THANKS, OBAMA: Donald Trump is pretty sure the coronavirus chaos is all Barack Obama’s fault

TRACKING THE SPREAD: Coronavirus outbreak expands to 18 states

ANOTHER NIGHTMARE AT SEA: Cruise Ship Held Off SF for Coronavirus Testing

ECONOMIC FALLOUT: Dow tumbles 1,000 points again, because stocks can’t figure out coronavirus

TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE?: Senate passes $8.3 billion package to fight the coronavirus

‘COVID CASUAL’: Coronavirus Is Turning Seattle into a Ghost Town

PARTY FOUL: Tito’s Vodka is warning consumers that it can’t be used as a hand sanitizer.

HIS BAD: Schumer apologizes for his pointed remarks about Gorsuch and Kavanaugh. “I’m from Brooklyn. We speak in strong language.”

EMOTIONAL EXIT: Elizabeth Warren Speaks Out After Dropping Out of the Presidential Race

BLUE BELL BANDIT: Texas man gets jail time for licking and replacing ice cream

OF COURSE: Team Trump to rally at ‘Gay is Not Okay’ church on Friday. Solid Rock Church has made no bones about its resistance to even basicacceptance of LGBTQ people, and has even managed to carve out a national profile due to this stance. But for Team Trump, this is just another opportunity to court ant-LGBTQ people through yet another deeply homophobic and transphobic partnership.

ABOVE THE LAW: Virginia organization that helps men address ‘same-sex attractions’ says state’s ban on LGBTQ ‘conversion therapy’ doesn’t apply to them

DOUCHEY: Twitter Tests 24-Hour Disappearing Tweets Called Fleets and Gets Roasted for the Name

CUCK OFF: Gay Men Are Getting Into Cucking. For many gay cucks, the fetish falls within a larger dom/sub dynamic with their partner – it’s about making the top feel doubly alpha and dominant. 

DAREDEVIL OF THE DAY: Nik Wallenda.

TRAILER OF THE DAY: Toy Boy Star Jesus Mosquera is About To Be Your Next Netflix Crush

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE DAY: Katy Perry Announced She’s Pregnant In Her Video For “Never Worn White”

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