West Virginia lawmaker Eric Porterfield compares the LGBTQ+ community to the Ku Klux Klan and implied he’d drown his own children if they were gay (warning: distressing themes.)
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Republican West Virginia delegate Eric Porterfield has come under fire for making inflammatory and hateful remarks about LGBTQ+ and the LGBTQ community. While appearing on local television stations WVAH Fox 11 and WVVA, Porterfield was incredibly homophobic while comparing LGBTQ people to the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) and calling them political terrorists and socialists who spread hate. He also implied that he would drown his children if they were gay. Democrats and LGBTQ groups are calling on Porterfield to resign. West Virginia delegate Danielle Walker directly calld out Porterfield’s homophobia. Porterfield made all of these comments while wearing a Donald Trump Make America Great Again hat, also known as a MAGA hat.

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