Aaron Schock’s father: ‘He’s not gay’
The father of embattled Rep. Aaron Schock denied his son is gay Wednesday amid intense media coverage over the lawmaker’s resignation from Congress.
In an interview outside his home in Peoria, Ill., Dr. Richard Schock said his son isn’t gay when speculating why the lawmaker is facing scrutiny over his questionable spending habits as a U.S. House member.
“What this is really about is that Aaron has been very successful,” Richard Schock said. “Aaron is a very hard worker. Aaron is very popular. Aaron is a little different, you know? He wears stylish clothing, and yet he’s not gay. And it makes people — and he’s not married, and he’s not running around with women. So, everybody’s throwing up their arms; they can’t figure out Aaron. So, he must crooked, so attack him, bring him down because he’s doesn’t fit into our picture. He hasn’t done anything to hurt people.”
Richard Schock also said his son is “broken” but a “fighter,” and “two years from now he’ll be successful, if he’s not in jail.”
Aaron Schock has faced questions about his sexual orientation throughout his political career, but he’s repeatedly denied that he’s gay. Asked in 2012 to deny he’s gay by Sirius XM radio host Michaelangelo Signorile in 2012 during the Republican National Convention, Schock reportedly stormed off after saying, “I’ve said that before and I don’t think it’s worthy of further response. I think you can look it up.”
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