Republican Who Compares Gay People to Rapists and Warns They May 'Harm' Kids Running to Unseat Democ

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Republican Who Compares Gay People to Rapists and Warns They May ‘Harm’ Kids Running to Unseat Democratic Senator


https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2019/08/republican-who-compares-gay-people-to-rapists-and-warns-they-may-harm-kids-running-to-unseat-democratic-senator/

Published on August 23, 2019 at 12:05 PM ET

By David Badash
Trump-Loving Extremist Gets Backing From Trump Team

A former Republican U.S. Congressman who has a long record of anti-LGBTQ comments and positions is running to unseat a Democratic U.S. Senator. Jason Lewis, who has claimed same-sex parents may harm children announced he is running against Minnesota Democratic Senator Tina Smith.

Lewis, a conservative talk radio host for 25 years has lost two of his three congressional campaigns, but served for one term in the U.S. House of Representatives. In 2016 he won his House seat, only to be defeated in 2018 by Angie Craig, a lesbian and the Democrat who was his opponent in the 2016 race.

Politico calls Lewis Trump’s “Minnesota mini-me,” based on his love of President Donald Trump, and reports “two of Trump’s top political lieutenants” are guiding him.

But Lewis’ viability will be a test of just how much Minnesota voters will support a bigoted and extremist candidate who literally supports the right of people to own slaves.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Lewis is a pig. As a hate-radio talk show host he was a Limbaugh wannabe,

and he's pretty despicable. Tina Smith will kick his ass.

[struggle4progress]

2. Says transgendered students using bathroom of choice "an abomination"

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3. "How does somebody else owning a slave affect me?"

Stay tuned for our ethics panel discussion: How does somebody else nailing Jason Lewis to a tree and setting him on fire affect me?

[bitterross]

6. Then don't marry a man either

Funny how he can apply that logic to owning another human, but he can't apply that logic in order leave LGBTQ+ people alone.

Actually, it's not funny at all. It's very telling of exactly how he thinks. He has rigid beliefs based on 2,000 year-old mythology. The big book of his mythology doesn't forbid slavery. So he's okay with it.

He lacks an ability to think for himself. He has to be told what to do by "authorities" above him.

[spanone]

4. he's a trumper....say no more.

another piece of shit republican

[Turbineguy]

5. If you don't do

crazy, you don't get elected in GOP land.

[struggle4progress]

7. Mocked women traumatized by unwanted touching

By Andrew Kaczynski and Jamie Ehrlich, CNN
Updated 12:23 PM ET, Fri October 19, 2018

... The comment is just one of many that Lewis made discussing his views on sexual harassment in 2011 in response to the allegations against Cain. He said he viewed sexual harassment law as an assault on First Amendment rights to freedom of speech, calling it "unconstitutional." Lewis said he did not think off-color comments, jokes and offensive remarks about or to women rose to the level of needing government enforcement ...

... Lewis repeatedly made demeaning comments about women during a period of 15 months on his show, including lamenting that women could no longer be called "sluts" ...

https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/19/politics/kfile-jason-lewis-radio-comments-sexual-harassment/index.html