{"id":1934107,"date":"2023-05-19T11:08:42","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T15:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-has-ford-rolled-out-an-lgbt-very-gay-raptor-truck\/"},"modified":"2023-05-19T11:11:39","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T15:11:39","slug":"fact-check-has-ford-rolled-out-an-lgbt-very-gay-raptor-truck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-has-ford-rolled-out-an-lgbt-very-gay-raptor-truck\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Ford&#8217;s &#8216;Very Gay Raptor&#8217; Truck for the LGBT Community Real?"},"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%2Ffact-check-has-ford-rolled-out-an-lgbt-very-gay-raptor-truck%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=1934107&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--><h2>Paging Ford\u2019s Truck Division: Emergency Call from Bud Light<\/h2>\n<h3>Is the &#8220;Very Gay Raptor&#8221; Real?<\/h3>\n<p>Oh boy, it sure is! In fact, Ford has been promoting this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-has-ford-rolled-out-an-lgbt-very-gay-raptor-truck\/\" title=\"Is Ford's 'Very Gay Raptor' Truck for the LGBT Community Real?\">rainbow flag-bedecked version<\/a> of their $56,000-plus twin-turbo performance truck since 2021. The &#8220;Very Gay Raptor&#8221; was born in response to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tulsi-gabbard-calls-chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-racist-calls-for-resignation\/\" title=\"Tulsi Gabbard Calls Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot 'Racist,' Calls for Resignation\">negative comment<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a>, with Ford rendering its most bada** nameplate in sparkling gold adorned with rainbow graphics. The positive response online was so overwhelming that the manufacturer decided to make it real and has been using it as a tool to help drive out discrimination ever since.<\/p>\n<h3>What&#8217;s the Buzz About?<\/h3>\n<p>Recently, former transgender personality Oli London shared a video of the &#8220;Very Gay Raptor&#8221; that went viral. The video features Rob Kearney, the first openly gay competitor in the World\u2019s Strongest Man competition, talking up the allyship he found in the event. Others have also posted promotional videos of the truck, which Ford has been touting since last year.<\/p>\n<h3>Why the Controversy?<\/h3>\n<p>Some people are upset about the truck&#8217;s association with the LGBT community, but Ford has been clear about their allyship with the community. They even brought the &#8220;Very Gay Raptor&#8221; and the Next-Gen Ranger Raptor to the Goodwood Festival of Speed in 2021 to demonstrate their support. The event draws hundreds of thousands each year to gawk at some of the most famous production and competition cars ever manufactured.<\/p>\n<h3>The Bottom Line<\/h3>\n<p>Love it or hate it, the &#8220;Very Gay Raptor&#8221; is real and here to stay. Ford has been promoting it for over a year and using it as a tool to help drive out discrimination. So, let&#8217;s celebrate diversity and inclusivity in all forms, even in the automotive industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>urgent call from Bud Light on line one for Ford\u2019s truck division. However, it seems the executives who could have prevented their brand from being dubbed the \u201cBud Light of Trucks\u201d had already made the mistake a year ago with the \u201cVery Real Tweets\u201d ad campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":663,"featured_media":1934108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[548],"tags":[7348,5985,15536,7644,5520,9856,5001,6658],"class_list":["post-1934107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily","tag-very","tag-community","tag-fords","tag-gay","tag-lgbt","tag-raptor","tag-real","tag-truck"],"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\/1934107","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\/663"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1934107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1934107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1934108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1934107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1934107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1934107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}