{"id":116824,"date":"2021-02-03T15:00:20","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T20:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=116824"},"modified":"2021-02-03T15:12:18","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T20:12:18","slug":"biden-press-sec-used-insult-condemned-by-dem-officials-as-homophobic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-press-sec-used-insult-condemned-by-dem-officials-as-homophobic\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Press Sec Used Insult Condemned by Dem Officials as \u2018Homophobic\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-press-sec-used-insult-condemned-by-dem-officials-as-homophobic%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=116824&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Jen-Psaki-e1612373886580.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">White House press secretary Jen Psaki disparaged Republican senator Lindsey Graham (S.C.) with a bigoted insult that Democratic officials have condemned as &#8220;homophobic.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Psaki<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jrpsaki\/status\/1291023007742337026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ridiculed<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Graham during a Senate hearing on the FBI&#8217;s Russia probe in August, tweeting, &#8220;only in 2020 does #LadyG get to push a bunch of debunked conspiracy theories while questioning @SallyQYates (aka an American hero).&#8221; The derogatory tweet refers to a baseless claim from a porn star that Graham solicited male prostitutes, who then gave the Republican senator the &#8220;Lady G&#8221; moniker.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in Biden Administration<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0\">\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/biden-press-sec-used-insult-condemned-by-dem-officials-as-homophobic\/\"><strong>Biden Press Sec Used Insult Condemned by Dem Officials as \u2018Homophobic&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/justice-dept-abandons-admissions-discrimination-lawsuit-against-yale\/\"><strong>Biden&#8217;s Justice Department Drops Discrimination Lawsuit Against Yale<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/republicans-slam-psakis-space-force-slight\/\"><strong>Republicans Slam Psaki&#8217;s Space Force Slight<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">only in 2020 does <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LadyG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LadyG<\/a> get to push a bunch of debunked conspiracy theories while questioning <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SallyQYates?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SallyQYates<\/a> (aka an American hero)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jen Psaki (@jrpsaki) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jrpsaki\/status\/1291023007742337026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 5, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Democrats have denounced similar insults directed at Graham in the past. During the Republican&#8217;s recent campaign against failed Senate candidate Jaime Harrison, a South Carolina Democratic Party volunteer referred to Graham as &#8220;Lady G&#8221; in a text message sent to a prospective voter. The party quickly<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/s-c-democrats-campaign-derides-lindsey-graham-as-lady-g\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">condemned<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the &#8220;homophobic language,&#8221; telling the<\/span> <em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Washington Free Beacon<\/span><\/em> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">that it was not part of its official campaign script.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Psaki&#8217;s rhetoric also undermines the Biden White House&#8217;s repeated calls for unity. Just months after leveling the attack on Graham, Psaki<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jrpsaki\/status\/1339236644617072640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">touted<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a quote from Biden campaign manager and deputy chief of staff Jen O&#8217;Malley Dillon calling for &#8220;compromise&#8221; and &#8220;healing&#8221; in politics. Since taking office, however, Biden has worked to sidestep Republicans, issuing a record-breaking 28 executive orders in his first two weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;We&#8217;ve seen Democrats call for unity and healing time and time again, but somehow their calls never seem to apply to themselves,&#8221; South Carolina GOP chairman Drew McKissick said<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. &#8220;The same party that champions themselves as being the \u2018party of tolerance&#8217; is the same party that hurls derogatory, inflammatory insults at people who think differently than they do.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The White House did not return a request for comment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Former Trump administration official Richard Grenell\u2014who became the first openly gay cabinet member in 2020\u2014called on Psaki to apologize to the gay community. &#8220;This is the type of demeaning language we should all be against,&#8221; he said in a tweet. &#8220;This isn&#8217;t partisan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PressSec<\/a> should apologize to the gay community. This is the type of demeaning language we should all be against. This isn\u2019t partisan. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jrpsaki?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jrpsaki<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jbzhbuHp2N\">https:\/\/t.co\/jbzhbuHp2N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RichardGrenell\/status\/1356688952913059841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Democratic lawmakers, activists, and liberal media pundits have long floated unhinged conspiracy theories that Graham is being blackmailed over his sexuality.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Former Obama senior campaign official Jon Cooper<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joncoopertweets\/status\/1084492137272655872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1084492137272655872%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ffreebeacon.com%2Fpolitics%2Fmsnbc-anchor-suggests-trump-is-blackmailing-graham-over-extreme-secret%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">alleged<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">in 2019 that Graham was &#8220;kowtowing to Trump&#8221; because he was &#8220;being blackmailed over his sexual orientation,&#8221; adding that the scheme involved &#8220;a pretty serious sexual kink.&#8221; Days later, MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/msnbc-anchor-suggests-trump-is-blackmailing-graham-over-extreme-secret\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">suggested<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">that &#8220;Trump or somebody knows something pretty extreme&#8221; about Graham. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) also<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/omar-fuels-conspiracy-theory-graham-is-compromised\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">joined in<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, tweeting, &#8220;They got to him, he is compromised!&#8221; Graham has stated multiple times that he is not gay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Psaki is not the only Biden administration communications official facing criticism for controversial social media posts. State Department deputy spokeswoman Jalina Porter<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/state-dept-deputy-spox-has-history-of-anti-cop-rhetoric\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">referred<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">to law enforcement as &#8220;terrorist cops&#8221; in August, promoted a video telling Los Angeles police officers to &#8220;suck my dick and choke on it&#8221; in June, and called police the &#8220;largest threat to U.S. national security&#8221; in 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"my-8 hide-print\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1526555381173-4\" class=\"mobile-250 desktop-90\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House press secretary Jen Psaki disparaged Republican senator Lindsey Graham (S.C.) with a bigoted insult that Democratic officials have condemned as &#8220;homophobic.&#8221; Psaki ridiculed Graham during a Senate hearing &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1892565,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,5110,5107,3638,4604,5104],"class_list":["post-116824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-condemned","tag-insult","tag-officials","tag-press","tag-used"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1892565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}