Nativist Leader Suspects GOP Senator Being Blackmailed By Dems
Nativist leader routinely demonizes undocumented immigrants, whom he portrays as violent, disease-ridden criminals.
Now he鈥檚 targeting Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), saying the longtime Washington politician should acknowledge that he鈥檚 gay. 鈥淭he national border security organization known as Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC) [Gheen鈥檚 group] is officially calling for [Graham] to make his homosexual lifestyle public knowledge in the interest of political integrity and national security,鈥� Gheen wrote in a news release today.
Graham, a 54-year-old bachelor, has previously denied rumors that he鈥檚 gay. Though it鈥檚 difficult to see how his sexual orientation relates to national border security, Gheen claims the link is perfectly clear: Graham could be collaborating with Democrats on immigration reform because they鈥檙e using his sexuality to blackmail him. 鈥淕raham is gay and while many people in South Carolina and Washington D.C. know that, the general public and Graham鈥檚 constituents do not,鈥� he wrote. 鈥淚 personally do not care about Graham鈥檚 private life, but in this situation his desire to keep this a secret may explain why he is doing a lot of political dirty work for others who have the power to reveal his secrets. Sen. Graham needs to come out of the closet inside that log cabin so that the public can rest assured he is not being manipulated with his secret.鈥�
Gheen, 41, made similar statements on Saturday at a Tea Party protest in front of a cheering crowd in Greenville, S.C. 鈥淪en. Graham, you need to come forward and tell people about your alternative lifestyle and your homosexuality,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 need to figure out why you鈥檙e trying to sell out your own countrymen and I need to make sure you being gay isn鈥檛 it.鈥� For a while, the keyword tags to a video of his remarks on YouTube included 鈥渇--鈥� and 鈥渜ueer鈥�; Gheen denied using those words, saying they were the work of an unidentified hacker. They have since been removed.
Gheen鈥檚 comments about Graham鈥檚 sexuality have been covered heavily in the blogosphere. They鈥檝e also led talk radio host Lou Dobbs to call for Gheen鈥檚 resignation on Twitter. Dobbs, formerly a darling of Gheen, after he told Telemundo interviewer Maria Celeste that 鈥渨e need the ability to legalize illegal immigrants under certain conditions.鈥� Gheen is scheduled to appear on Dobbs鈥� show tomorrow afternoon.
