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Berin Szóka
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Arriving at #JudyTheMovie, I had to squeeze by the Chairman of @LogCabinGOP, whom I'd befriended before I gave up on the group (and then the GOP)

"Bob, I'm so very disappointed in you"

"Oh, why?"

"For endorsing Trump. Why now? And for WHAT?"😡

"Oh, for heaven's sake!"🙄
As vice chair of the DC GOP 2000-2004, Bob Kabel broke with W and led the state party to insist on marriage equality

In 2004, he became the first openly gay chairman of a GOP "state" party

LCR assiduously avoided endorsing Trump in 2016, but decided to endorse him in mid-August
The bizarre decision, driven by Board members who saw an opportunity to do what they couldn't in 2016, came out of nowhere and prompted senior LCR leaders to quit, including Chairwoman @SarahLongwell25, ED @JerriAnnHenry, @rachelhoff814 and several others

cnn.com/2019/08/27/pol…
Former LCR Programs Director Casey Pick spoke for all of us right-of-center LGBTQ people in a Facebook post:
facebook.com/notes/casey-pi…
After the film, I ran into Bob again

"Bob, I'd had so much respect for you. How could you? How could you possibly endorse THIS president?"

"Oh, come on. I'm here to enjoy the film."

"Judy would be 𝙨𝙤 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 disappointed in you"

He walked away in a huff
I realized @LogCabinGOP was morally bankrupt back in 2013 when the piddlyshit organization, which could barely afford a single FTE, ran 💰 full-page ads in the NYTimes and WaPo smearing Chuck Hagel as anti-gay, despite his standing up to W on gay marriage

huffpost.com/entry/chuck-ha…
LCR attacked Hagel as "Wrong on Gay Rights. Wrong on Iran. Wrong on Israel."

Simply because Hagel wasn't champing at the bit for yet another land war in Asia

And because some neo-con cut them a fat check to smear a distinguished pro-gay Republican

realclearworld.com/articles/2013/…
Log Cabin lost its way long before Trump ever appeared on stage

It's been easily co-opted by the Trump cult because its core leadership—aging, bitter queens—are every bit as desperate for approval from people who loathe them as Miss Lindsay Graham is for a nice tweet from Trump
Moral of the story:
1) Everything Trump Touches Dies -@TheRickWilson
2) Any LGBTQ person who uses their stature to help Trump doesn't deserve to see a film like Judy, a celebration of a gay icon, in peace
3) Never hesitate to express your disappointment to those who let you down
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2 weeks ago, @SaraJeong brilliantly debunked 💩GOP arguments that #Section230 requires, or should require, political neutrality
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