b) I was Dennis Hastert's neighbor for 18 years.
c) Hastert used DC sex workers' services.
He also raped teenage boys AND at least one 9 year old boy.
Being gay is something you can get away with in DC if you're outed - you can just go lobby.
Not impossible, mind you, but you have to become much less visible.
This matters here because of the potential for blackmail, mashed up with Graham's drastic change in behaviour.
That's all.
So many reasons - but en point, the GOP knowingly promotes those who are easiest to control to positions of power.
It takes more than just being gay and afraid of being outed to get that high up the totem pole.
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