Democrats link surging violence toward LGBTQ community with GOP rhetoric

The Hill ^ | 12/14/2022 | BROOKE MIGDON

[ChicagoConservative27]

Survivors of violent anti-LGBTQ attacks told their stories Wednesday at a House hearing where Democrats linked rising violence against the community to rhetoric and policies from the GOP.

“We are experiencing a crisis,” House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday during the hearing, one of the last of the current Congress.

The hearing comes just short of a month after a gunman shot and killed five people at Club Q, an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, injuring more than a dozen others. 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich, the suspect in the shooting, has since been charged with 305 counts, including hate crimes and murder.

Maloney and House Democrats on Wednesday said tragedies like the club shooting were influenced in part by the more than 300 state and federal bills introduced in the last year alone that seek to limit how LGBTQ people — particularly transgender youth — navigate their daily lives.

“These hateful pieces of legislation have fueled a dangerous rise in extreme anti-LGBTQI+ rhetoric,” Maloney said Wednesday.

[ChicagoConservative27]

I am so sick of everything being a crisis

[Tell It Right]

I call BS on there there existing a “surge” in violence against the LGBQWERTY crowd.

[farmguy]

I blame it on that senile old coot in dc that blames everything on normal people.

[butlerweave]

or it’s because the democrats are sticking LGBTQ in everyone’s faces

[Skooz]

Has there, in fact, been such a surge in violence?
Any documentation? Evidence? Proof?

[joshua c]

was the shill reporter taking a nap during nancy mace’s questions?

[Billthedrill]

Has there, in fact, been such a surge in violence?

Well, no. But stand by for a surge in fakery.

[EEGator]

Perceived word violence, not actual physical assault.

[dblshot]

Democrats linked rising violence against the community to rhetoric and policies from the GOP
Well yeah, of course they would. what else they got to run on?

[escapefromboston]

The biggest source of violence against the gay tranny community is themselves

[Joe Brower]

Awwww, the faggots are unhappy that not everyone buys into their insanity.

Maybe if they weren't trying to groom our kids, we normals wouldn't be getting so uppity.

[Mr. Mojo]

Biden: “Marriage is between an man and a woman, period.” https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cxnDcTmXK0s

Oh, but he’s “evolved.” Yeah, sure he has.

[Boogieman]

“surging violence toward LGBTQ community”

Have they ever said it wasn’t “surging”?

[realcleanguy]

It’s all BS. When they run out of one false narrative, they invent another

[Samurai_Jack]

Yeah, It couldn’t be that some hairy leg overweight cigar breath dude with a wig, heels, lipstick and a dress is protected by the government while trying to talk to some 6 year old kid in grade school about his sexual identity.

Can’t imagine why that would cause a problem.

[unixfox]

Here’s a clue:

Quit pretending you are someone/something else and get mental illness help now.

Stop blaming others.

[wastedyears]

[ProtectOurFreedom]

...and sick of upending all of society to accommodate the bizarre needs of a handful of mentally ill people.

[alternatives?]

Any criticism of the left is hate.

[sjmjax]

No proof or evidence required. This is just standard, every day Democrat strategy. Blame anything and everything on the Republicans in general or specifically. Any logical or rational connections entirely optional.