{"id":117891,"date":"2021-02-04T14:33:01","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T19:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=117891"},"modified":"2021-02-04T14:42:56","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T19:42:56","slug":"homophobia-and-intolerance-from-the-left-psaki-slammed-for-tweet-attacking-lindsey-graham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/homophobia-and-intolerance-from-the-left-psaki-slammed-for-tweet-attacking-lindsey-graham\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Homophobia And Intolerance From The Left\u2019: Psaki Slammed For Tweet Attacking Lindsey Graham"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fhomophobia-and-intolerance-from-the-left-psaki-slammed-for-tweet-attacking-lindsey-graham%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=117891&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\/GettyImages-1230970356.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki is being slammed as \u201chomophobic\u201d for a tweet she issued last August in which referred to GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) as \u201cLady G.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Psaki wrote, \u201c\u2019Only in 2020 does #LadyG get to push a bunch of debunked conspiracy theories while questioning @SallyQYates (aka an American hero).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The tweet was posted before former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee, for which Graham served as chairman. \u201cIt was posted around the time the hashtag #LadyG started trending on Twitter after gay adult-film star&nbsp;Sean Harding made a series of allegations online against Graham,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-9223733\/Jen-Psaki-slammed-tweet-calling-Sen-Lindsey-Graham-Lady-G.html\">The Daily Mail<\/a> noted.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Graham said of Psaki\u2019s tweet, which was still posted as of Thursday morning: \u201cVery disappointed someone in her position would embrace this style politics. It says more about her than it does about Senator Graham.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Criticism abounded:<\/p>\n<p>Former National Security Adviser Richard Grenell, who is openly gay, wrote: \u201cHomophobia and intolerance from the Left is growing. This should be widely condemned.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Homophobia and intolerance from the Left is growing.<\/p>\n<p>This should be widely condemned. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PressSec<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/94GW0Xzaoq\">https:\/\/t.co\/94GW0Xzaoq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RichardGrenell\/status\/1356830509867827204?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Virginia Kruta of the Daily Caller: \u201cThis is a pretty tone deaf thing to leave up when you profess to be a part of the most inclusive administration in history.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is a pretty tone deaf thing to leave up when you profess to be a part of the most inclusive administration in history. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1CrvLo4bz8\">https:\/\/t.co\/1CrvLo4bz8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Virginia Kruta (@VAKruta) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VAKruta\/status\/1356984409128394755?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Jerry Dunleavy: \u201cBiden press secretary Jen Psaki participated in the \u2018Lady G\u2019 attack on Lindsey Graham last year.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden press secretary Jen Psaki participated in the &#8220;Lady G&#8221; attack on Lindsey Graham last year. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z4hCuiDfk3\">https:\/\/t.co\/z4hCuiDfk3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JerryDunleavy\/status\/1356829953434804225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Will Ricciardella of the Washington Examiner: \u201cDid she really refer to @LindseyGrahamSC as LadyG? I guess this is \u2018decency\u2019 we all were promised.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Did she really refer to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LindseyGrahamSC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LindseyGrahamSC<\/a> as LadyG?<\/p>\n<p>I guess this is \u201cdecency\u201d we all were promised. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sI7kcvtac8\">https:\/\/t.co\/sI7kcvtac8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Will Ricciardella (@WillRicci) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WillRicci\/status\/1356828499785441281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Curtis Houck of Newsbusters: \u201cThe White House @pressSec joked \u2018last year\u2019 that Lindsey Graham is a trans woman. But because he\u2019s a Republican, CNN and MSNBC won\u2019t raise hell over this. Therefore, they\u2019re okay with actual transphobia.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The White House <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PressSec<\/a> joked *last year* that Lindsey Graham is a trans woman.<\/p>\n<p>But because he&#8217;s a Republican, CNN and MSNBC won&#8217;t raise hell over this. Therefore, they&#8217;re okay with actual transphobia <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nWOw7Qzqs3\">https:\/\/t.co\/nWOw7Qzqs3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1357024487896670210?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bo Snerdley: \u201cWonder what the reaction would have been if a Trump spokeswoman had called Mayor Pete \u201cLady P.\u201d? Would that person still be employed 48 hours later?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wonder what the reaction would have been if a Trump spokeswoman had called Mayor Pete &#8220;Lady P.&#8221; ?<br \/>Would that person still be employed 48 hours later? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9IU7RtO1eX\">https:\/\/t.co\/9IU7RtO1eX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bo Snerdley (@BoSnerdley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BoSnerdley\/status\/1357012442908405761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Reagan Battalion: \u201cThis is homophobic.\u2019<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is homophobic <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/95Tgbrv4nh\">https:\/\/t.co\/95Tgbrv4nh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReaganBattalion\/status\/1356667873138249728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On his first day in office, President Biden issued an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/01\/20\/executive-order-preventing-and-combating-discrimination-on-basis-of-gender-identity-or-sexual-orientation\/\">executive order<\/a>&nbsp;against discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Every person should be treated with respect and dignity and should be able to live without fear, no matter who they are or whom they love.&nbsp; Children should be able to learn without worrying about whether they will be denied access to the restroom, the locker room, or school sports.&nbsp; Adults should be able to earn a living and pursue a vocation knowing that they will not be fired, demoted, or mistreated because of whom they go home to or because how they dress does not conform to sex-based stereotypes.&nbsp; People should be able to access healthcare and secure a roof over their heads without being subjected to sex discrimination.&nbsp; All persons should receive equal treatment under the law, no matter their gender identity or sexual orientation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It is the policy of my Administration to prevent and combat&nbsp;discrimination on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation \u2026 It is also the policy of my Administration to address overlapping forms of discrimination.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki is being slammed as \u201chomophobic\u201d for a tweet she issued last August in which referred to GOP Sen. 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