A Small Town’s July 4 Parade Has Been Upended By Right-Wing Culture Warriors

Huffington Post ^ | July 3, 2022 | Nathalie Baptiste

[where's_the_Outrage?]

When the city of Friendswood, Texas, announced on Facebook that hometown hero Haley Carter would be the grand marshal for the town’s famed Fourth of July parade, the post was peppered with excited comments. Carter, who was in the Marines and is a retired professional soccer player, was just the type of person residents wanted to see lead the parade.

Then the right-wing culture warriors showed up.

Conservative radio host Jesse Kelly tweeted the same day that Friendswood had appointed a “gun-grabber” who is “into drag” and “trans activism” to lead the parade. Kelly is from Ohio, ran a failed congressional campaign in Arizona, and now hosts his radio show from nearby Houston. “Communists are in blood-red areas too,” he wrote.

Soon, excited Facebook comments were accompanied by screenshots of Kelly’s tweets about Carter, some of which included a picture of her young son. She began receiving threats.

On paper, Carter seems like the kind of person conservatives who claim to love the military would support.

She attended the U.S. Naval Academy and served two tours in Iraq after graduating in 2006.....

But Carter is also an outspoken supporter of gun reform in her home state of Texas. She serves as the chair of the Mayor’s Commission Against Gun Violence in Houston, and in the wake of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, she wrote a letter demanding Texas leaders act on gun reform. She also regularly takes her son to drag events and once surprised him with a trip to Las Vegas to meet his favorite drag queen.

[T.B. Yoits]

The HuffPo, looking at her military history, says she’s perfect on paper.

Agreed. I served with a few who were perfect on paper right up until convicted and sent to a Federal pen.

[traderrob6]

Butch.... You decide.

[Grampa Dave]

Left renounces Independence Day on Twitter: ‘Burn this country to the godd-— ground’

https://www.foxnews.com/media/left-renounces-independence-day-twitter-burn-country-ground

[Organic Panic]

The marxists are trying to use the conservatives’ successful tactics. Pretty lame. Just like when they try to use some selective quote from the Bible to debate Christians. “But Christ said turn the other cheek (checkmate).”

And just because someone served in the military it does not grant them perpetual immunity for being a lousy person. Taking her son to drag shows for grooming by sexual pervert homosexuals is disgusting. And lying about her oath to defend the constitution by trying to eliminate the second amendment is not admirable.

[Cen-Tejas]

Jesse Kelly was right to tweet the information about Carter that otherwise many, like me, would not have been aware of.

Threats to Carter and/or her son are bullshit and I hope those making them are prosecuted.

Finally, I would say to Ms.Carter that if your against the 2nd Ammendment (masquerading as a gun reformer is the same thing); AND, you are for (generally speaking) never ending expansions of gay rights you are in the wrong state.

[Lisbon1940]

Houston is nearby to Friendswood.

[Iowa Slim]

1. You’re free to make eccentric choices in life. Other people are free to disapprove.

2. The woman was “threatened with violence?” Was it actual violence, or was this the standard leftist “disagreement = violence” counter-accusation? If the former, why not call the police?

3. The woman is raising her son in the transsexual mold. Where is this poor kid’s father?

Somebody made the wrong (abrasive, provocative) choice of individual to showcase in this community’s Independence Day celebration. This community, unlike many, didn’t sit back in impotent frustration.

[rockabyebaby]

The idiot is from Ohio, ran a political campaign in Arizona and lives in Texas. What the.....?

Jesse Kelly is NOT an idiot. He served this country as a Marine and he's a conservative talk show host. I think perhaps you belong on a liberal forum.

[rktman]

Do they mean after it was “upended” by left wing liberal agenda pushers? Sort of like the claims about the right wing extremist, white suprema-cyst supreme court? No problem with a left wing extremist court though correct? 🙊🙉🙈😠

[TomGuy]

The idiot is from Ohio, ran a political campaign in Arizona and lives in Texas.
What the.....?

And he sold RV's. :)

Kelly is on some IHeart stations [KPRC, WOR] in the late afternoon. He occasionally has some pretty good rants.

[NWFree]

Nice Small Town July 4th Parade Commandeered By Libtards With Sicko Agenda 🤪

[SunkenCiv]

Sez a puff ho from huffpo.

[faucetman]

Parades are so passé. (pun intended)

[Drew68]

Wait til after midterms. Let it play out. Most of us are probably sure he is running anyway.

Jesse Kelly is a good guy here.

[Drew68]

Oops, I copied and pasted the wrong text.

[Persevero]

The right wing culture warriors showed up after the left wing culture warriors got it started.

It is now right wing to oppose trans activism.

[Subcutaneous Fishstick Blues]

3. The woman is raising her son in the transsexual mold. Where is this poor kid’s father?

I believe he, Mr. Baster, can be found in the drawer in her kitchen that holds the rest of her cooking utensils.

[JBW1949]

Just looked at her on Wikipedia...Not one word about husband, marriage, or a son...Where did this son come from??? Is he adopted by her??? Nothing about partners or anything under Personal Life....

[softengine]

Yeah. And if being against drag queen culture is “ultra right wing”, I’m in serious trouble.

[Tommy Revolts]

A picture is worth a thousand words.