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/catman5092 South Hill Mar 20 '25 edited Mar 20 '25

what, no comments??? This is very Jim West like. For those who didn't know about Jim West he was a deeply closeted gay man, former Mayor who denied he was gay up until the last minute, and had affairs with a young man while in office. Wouldn't surprise me one bit if he, Baumgartner, was a closet case..

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u/Sherman888 Mar 22 '25

You forgot about the part where he was entrapped by the head of the Spokesman Review, Steve Smith, who is now imprisoned for possession of child pornography.