When he complained, rightwingers sent him homophobic taunts online.

Black gay Republican podcaster Rob Smith has claimed that “white supremacist” members of his political party called him “fa**ot” and the n-word during his Sunday night attendance of Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest event in Phoenix, Arizona. Though Smith posted a video of his brief interaction with the aggressors, commenters on X (formerly Twitter) noted that the video didn’t feature the n-word and mocked Smith his membership in an anti-gay political party.

“Last night in Phoenix, I was confronted and surrounded by some White Supremacists that don’t like gays or blacks in the Republican Party,” Smith wrote in a December 18 post on X. “They shouted ‘nr’ and ‘ft’ at me to make their point. However, I served in Iraq. I never back down. Ever.”

  • TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)A
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    6 months ago

    This guy is probably only OK with the hate when they have tiki torches chanting “Jews will not replace us”, or when Orange Leader is telling the cult that immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our nation”. Who knew they would be hateful towards people that are gay and/or black when Orange Leader had a dinner party with a former KKK Grand Wizard?!?!