West Virginia GOP lawmaker compares gays to the Ku Klux Klan after using 'f*ggot' on the House floor

[workinclasszero]

NOOR AL-SIBAI 09 FEB 2019 AT 08:30 ET


West Virginia GOP delegate Eric Porterfield. Image via Porterfield's campaign.

A West Virginia Republican delegate compared gay people to the KKK — and drew ire for making homophobic remarks for the second time last week.

The Charleston Gazette-Mail reported that WV House of Delegates member Eric Porterfield (R-Porterfield) told a reporter Friday morning that the gay community is akin to a hate group.

“The LGBTQ [sic] is a modern day version of the Ku Klux Klan,” Porterfield said, “without wearing hoods with their antics of hate.”

The Republican’s comments came just days after he used the term “f*ggot” in House session and claimed that an anti-LGBT discrimination bill was “bigoted,” “discriminatory” and would somehow hurt gay people.

“The LGBT is the most socialist group in this country,” he said during a House session Wednesday. “They do not protect gays. There are many gays they persecute if they do not line up with their social ideology.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/02/west-virginia-gop-lawmaker-compares-gays-ku-klux-klan-using-fggot-house-floor/

[Dennis Donovan]

1. Oy vey! Is that their official portrait??

[sakabatou]

4. I know

Just what the hell is with the eyes?!

[workinclasszero]

11. Looks like something out of a nightmare

Talks like a monster too.

[CurtEastPoint]

13. Blind. In more ways than just his eyes.

[dalton99a]

6. It's real

http://www.wvlegislature.gov/house/lawmaker.cfm?member=Delegate%20Porterfield

[Corgigal]

2. Omg.

This guy? From West Virginia?

Will not type want I'm thinking here. Just OMG, West Virginia do better. Hold on to your kids, while you're at it.

[sakabatou]

3. Ugh....

[Yosemito]

5. Democrats should call for his resignation

This is not right.

[PatSeg]

7. And because he is a republican,

he'll probably get away with it. Its not like it is something he said 30 years ago, but republicans are held to a different standard than Democrats. It is like abhorrent words and behavior are expected of them.

[Aristus]

8. Jesus! What an ugg!

Ugly inside and out.

This is why close blood-relatives shouldn't marry...

Stay classy, WV...

[dewsgirl]

9. YIKES!!!

[nmgaucho]

10. Lots of inbreeding in his family history

obviously

[CurtEastPoint]

12. He's blind but he's still a fucking Baptist minister asshole.

[eppur_se_muova]

14. Ewwww ... Jabba the Hut in pupal phase ! nt

[Initech]

15. That guy looks like a total creep!