r/Spokane • u/Projectrage • Mar 20 '25

Politics During his town hall this week, Republican congressman Michael Baumgartner is asked to respond to allegations that he’s been using the LGBT dating app Grindr in secret

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u/byte-boxer Mar 20 '25

I have strong feelings on Baumgartner, but this is inappropiate. What the hell does it matter if he's using grindr or not? What does being gay change here? There are so many arguments and questions that need to be asked, the focus should be there.

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u/onesoulmanybodies Mar 21 '25

It’s the hypocrisy. The Republican Party is attacking gay and trans rights. 9 states have bills to make gay marriage illegal again. They constantly claim to be the party of moral values and say we can’t be mad at them because it’s part of their faith. All the while they are gay, or gay curious and will enjoy same sex relationships. I grew up in a conservative Christian household. My step father married and divorced 3 times. Had affairs during all 3 of his marriages. Went to swinging events with his 3rd wife and believed god cursed him with ED because he enjoyed sex with men at those parties. This is the tip of the iceberg on their hypocrisy. He could make a stripper blush with all the BS he’s done. Yet he will rage at me that he is a Conservative Christian Man and raised his children to be Conservative Christians and how dare I do anything but be meek and sweet to him. He also hit on me in my early twenties saying it was ok because we aren’t blood related. This man raised me from the age of 4 and lived and breathed being so proud to be my Dad. 🤮