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Republican CongressmanAndy Ogles(R-TN) posted a shock message for Pride Month on Tuesday, declaring, “Homosexuality has no place in America.”
Ogles, who has long stirred controversy with his bigoted, trollish rhetoric, added, “Happy Nuclear Family Month.”
In early March, Oglesposteda similar sentiment about American Muslims, writing, “Muslims don’t belong in American society. Pluralism is a lie.” During a January Fox News hit, Ogles repeatedlyreferredto Democrats as “libtards.”
In March of 2025, House Democrats and Republicans joined together tocondemnOgles for posting “Wanted” posters for judges outside of his office on Capitol Hill. Ogles was under federal criminalinvestigationfor allegations tied to his campaign finances until earlier in the month, when the DOJ dropped the probe.
Ogles’s attack on LGBTQ Americans quickly raised eyebrows across the political and media world.
New York Timescongressional correspondentAnnie Karninoted, “An extreme statement even by deep red state standards.”
An extreme statement even by deep red state standards.https://t.co/aCgdC9xuCu
— Annie Karni (@anniekarni)June 2, 2026
Former congressional reporterBrian Metzgeradded, “I guess he didn’t clock that I’m gay when he said hi to me every time he passed through the Cannon Tunnel lol.”
Source: Drudge Report
