Trump Criticizes ‘Gays for Palestine’ Movement During Alabama Rally
Trump mocked pro-Palestinian LGBTQ+ activists and said 1 in 10 Gaza residents face prison for homosexuality, drawing laughter from the crowd.
- At a rally in Mobile, Alabama, on Saturday, President Donald Trump mocked the Gays for Palestine movement, suggesting he would send activists to the region and insinuating they would face harm; the audience laughed and applauded.
- Anti-Israel LGBT activists have demonstrated for years using slogans such as Queers for Palestine and Gays for Gaza, with demonstrations increasing sharply following the October 7, 2023, invasion of Israel.
- Homosexuality is banned in the Gaza Strip, with violators facing up to 10 years in prison, while a 1936 British colonial law prohibits same-sex sexual activity throughout the region.
- Critics characterize Trump's rhetoric as "homonationalism," citing LGBTQ rights to justify violence, while Dr. Saed Atshan of Swarthmore College argued that pathologizing Palestinian society ignores how military occupation exacerbates homophobia.
- Trump employed these remarks while campaigning to energize Republican voters as the party seeks to maintain control of both the House and the Senate in November midterm elections.
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Trump Joked About Sending 'Gays for Palestine' Where Crowd Applauded Remarks During Alabama Rally
Donald Trump joked at an Alabama rally that people he called 'Gays for Palestine' could be sent to negotiate in the region and might never return, drawing laughter from the audience
Trump joked about Palestine killing gay activists. His audience applauded & laughed.
President Donald Trump fantasized about sending pro-Palestinian gay activists to the war-torn region, insinuating that they’d be killed, something his audience laughed at and applauded during his October 3 midterm rally in Mobile, Alabama. His comments were just his latest use of homonationalism to justify military violence against Muslims and Middle Easterners. “They’re out there politicking, ‘Gays for Palestine!’ How about that?” Trump said as…
Trump: Let’s Send “Gays For Palestine” Over There To Negotiate, “You Will Never See Them Again”
The Times of Israel reports: US President Donald Trump mocked LGBTQ activists in the pro-Palestinian movement on Saturday over rights abuses against members of the community in “that part of the world.” In remarks at a midterm campaign rally in Mobile, Alabama, Trump said that he had recently heard of what he called the “Gays … The post Trump: Let’s Send “Gays For Palestine” Over There To Negotiate, “You Will Never See Them Again” appeared first…
Trump proposed sending sodomite activists opposed to the war in the Middle East to negotiate there
Trump proposed sending sodomite activists opposed to the war in the Middle East to negotiate there.:"A group of people — "Gays * for Peace" and this, "Gays* for Palestine. " Let's send them there to negotiate somehow. "*The LGBT movement is recognized...
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