The Elephant in the Room

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4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2017

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Gay Republicans say they’ve got Trump on speed dial. Is he picking up the phone?

— Dominic Holden is the site’s national LGBT reporter.

This episode is a co-production with BuzzFeed News.

Episode scoring by Jeremy Bloom, Tate Peterson ("Ragtime" and "Mid Day Blues"), UltraCat ("Disco High") and James Pants ("Cha Cha Demo"). Theme by Alexander Overington.

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0:00.0	I remember in kindergarten, we had like a mock presidential election.
0:05.6	And so this would have been 1992.
0:07.1	And it was HW Bush and Ross Perot and Bill Clinton.
0:12.3	And I distinctly remember voting for HW Bush.
0:14.9	Well, I'm wondering, and this might come off as a bizarre question, but do you feel like
0:19.3	you identified first as a Republican or as gay?
0:24.4	Well, outwardly, I don't know.
0:26.9	I mean, I think I knew I was gay before I knew I was a Republican because I knew I was
0:30.7	gay since I was little.
0:34.4	This is Tyler Deaton.
0:36.0	I grew up in Alabama.
0:39.3	And I grew up in a very religious family.
0:42.2	And you know, I'm definitely one of the guys or one of the kids that grew up in a setting
0:47.7	where I knew I was gay from almost day one.
0:54.6	So I think I was gay first.
0:57.7	Because I was born gay.
0:59.5	I wasn't born a Republican.
1:00.7	I could have chosen to be a Democrat.
1:02.1	I could still choose to be a Democrat.
1:04.9	I won't.
1:11.3	So can I just say Tobin, when I hear the phrase gay Republicans, the image that comes to mind
1:17.3	is a unicorn?
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