Fact Check: Local Republicans and the LGBTQ+ Community.

West Hartford Republican Party Claim:

As a party, "has long been a strong supporter of LGBTQ+ rights and community," and they "We feel that nobody should ever be marginalized or discriminated against." 

FACT CHECK: False

Nothing could be further from the truth. In recent posts on their social media, their contempt for the LGBTQ+ community is evident.

One post in particular stands out, on the topic of allowing LGBTQ+ stories in high school libraries, the West Harford MAGA Republican Party declared that folks who support doing so are "groomy, radical, and apparently perverse."

In yet another post during Pride Month, they objected to the use of a photo of a child and a Pride flag, and again insinuated that members of the LGBTQ+ community are predators.

In making these statements, they invoked one of the oldest and most hurtful myths about the LGBTQ+ community. A political party that actively promotes this vile and hateful rhetoric is not a supporter of West Hartford's LGBTQ+ community. 

They have fully embraced Trump's cruelty and lack of humanity.

Make no mistake, if this is how the Republican candidates campaign, this is how they will govern. JUST. LIKE. TRUMP.