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kpete

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Tue Nov 29, 2016, 09:32 AM Nov 2016

KT McFarland outed brother to family & ignored him while he was dying of AIDS.

Trump’s nat’l security pick outed gay brother dying of AIDS



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“I am proud that KT has once again decided to serve our country and join my national security team,” Trump said in a statement. “She has tremendous experience and innate talent that will complement the fantastic team we are assembling, which is crucial because nothing is more important than keeping our people safe.”

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A profile piece for New York Times Magazine in 2006, however, reported she “couldn’t abide” her brother being gay. The article unearthed a 1992 letter to her parents in which she reportedly outed her brother, Michael Troia, shortly after she discovered he had AIDS, blamed her family’s troubles as a result of childhood abuse.

“Have you ever wondered why I have never had anything to do with Mike and have never let my daughters see him although we live only fifteen minutes away from each other?” McFarland reportedly wrote. “He has been a lifelong homosexual, most of his relationships brief, fleeting one-night stands.”

Pressed about her brother by New York Magazine for the 2006 profile piece, all McFarland would reportedly say about him was “Ummmm. He was sick and then he died.” According to the article, McFarland said her memory of her father’s behavior toward her family surfaced as a recovered memory and a therapist put her up to writing the letter.
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KT McFarland outed brother to family & ignored him while he was dying of AIDS. (Original Post) kpete Nov 2016 OP
Perfect for Trump's administration Joanie Baloney Nov 2016 #1
You're being WAYYY too kind! This pick needs to be fillabustered! InAbLuEsTaTe Nov 2016 #2
No approval needed for this pick. Joanie Baloney Nov 2016 #4
Crap! InAbLuEsTaTe Nov 2016 #6
She is a nasty excuse for a human being Gothmog Nov 2016 #3
White trash with money. Initech Nov 2016 #5
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