What the f*ck.
Even in the wake of a senseless shooting targeting the LGBT community, we still have jerks like this guy blocking bills that work to eradicate discrimination.
On Tuesday, House Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions prevented a vote on a proposal that would ban federal contractors from discriminating against LGBT employees.
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This is the third time Republican leaders have shot down this bill, filed by New York Representative Sean Patrick Maloney.
And what’s worse, before the vote, the congressman adamantly insisted that Pulse nightclub — the site of the worst mass shooting in U.S. history — was NOT a gay club, telling National Journal reporter Daniel Newhauser:
“It was a young person’s nightclub, I’m told. And there were some [LGBT people] there, but it was mostly Latinos.”
Daniel took to Twitter to detail the exchange about the vote, posting:
Asked Rules Chair Sessions if Orlando shooting changes calculation on LGBT Maloney amdmt. He argued Pulse was not a gay club.
— Daniel Newhauser (@dnewhauser) June 14, 2016
“It was a young person├óΓé¼Γäós nightclub, I├óΓé¼Γäóm told. And there were some [LGBT ppl] there, but it was mostly Latinos” https://t.co/c5qvdSk0kF
— Daniel Newhauser (@dnewhauser) June 14, 2016
He also added that Pete’s people tried to brush off the controversial comment:
Pete Sessions’ staff tells me he was wrong. Confused fact there were straight ppl there for general night club, Latin nite for Latino club
— Daniel Newhauser (@dnewhauser) June 14, 2016
But, we’re calling bullsh*t on that one, since Pulse’s own website describes the hotspot as “Orlando’s hottest gay bar located in the heart of downtown.”
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However, it’s possible Rep. Sessions didn’t bother to learn a single thing about the shooting site when he offered up his “thoughts and prayers” on Sunday:
My thoughts and prayers are with the people of Orlando and everyone who was impacted by last night’s senseless attack.
— Pete Sessions (@PeteSessions) June 12, 2016
We think that Pete is in desperate need of that “shift of consciousness” RuPaul mentioned while speaking on the shooting.
[Image via AP Images.]
