{"id":2609758,"date":"2026-06-02T18:26:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T22:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeffries-targets-andy-ogles-over-homophobic-post\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T18:27:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T22:27:47","slug":"jeffries-targets-andy-ogles-over-homophobic-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeffries-targets-andy-ogles-over-homophobic-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeffries targets Andy Ogles over homophobic post"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fjeffries-targets-andy-ogles-over-homophobic-post%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=2609758&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--><p>House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said he will work to defeat Rep. Andy Ogles after ogles posted a message on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >social media declaring<\/a> that \u201cHomosexuality has no place in America,\u201d wich he later deleted. Jeffries criticized Ogles as someone who tries to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-claims-popular-asian-fonts-perpetuate-racism\/\" title=\"CNN Claims Popular \u2018Asian\u2019 Fonts Perpetuate Racism\">divide people<\/a> instead of addressing issues voters care about, and he predicted Ogles would lose in November.<\/p>\n<p>The post circulated widely-over 2 million views by Tuesday afternoon-and appeared during Pride Month. Ogles also referred to June as \u201cNuclear Family Month,\u201d a designation Tennessee\u2019s Gov. Bill Lee had backed.democratic Rep. Yassamin Ansari called the post \u201cinsane\u201d and suggested she may consider supporting a censure of Ogles.<\/p>\n<p>Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lee-swells-to-category-5-hurricane\/\" title=\"Lee becomes a Category 5 hurricane.\">earlier concerns<\/a> that Ogles might face a arduous reelection bid due to fundraising problems and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senators-call-for-supreme-court-ethics-code-after-sotomayor-report\/\" title=\"Senators demand ethics code for ... following Sotomayor report.\">ethics-related issues<\/a>, his chances improved after Tennessee Republicans redrew districts following Supreme court changes to the Voting Rights Act, placing Memphis into his seat. The nonpartisan Cook Political Report found trump would likely have won the redrawn district by 23 points in 2024, making a democratic flip unlikely. Ogles received broad condemnation from other politicians, including former Rep. George Santos and Rep. Mike Lawler.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Minority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hakeem-jeffries\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"790\">Hakeem Jeffries<\/a> (D-NY) pledged to defeat Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) after the Republican congressman made an inflammatory social media post Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ogles wrote, \u201cHomosexuality has no place in America.\u201d He has since deleted the post.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4591937\/hakeem-jeffries-new-york-redistricting-proposal\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Jeffries backs New York redistricting proposal: \u2018The Empire State will strike back\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4591841\/ted-cruz-gas-prices-midterms-iran\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Cruz dismisses GOP concerns over rising gas prices affecting midterm elections<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4591630\/public-opinion-hasnt-caught-up-graham-platner-sexting-scandal-byron-york\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>\u2018Public opinion hasn\u2019t caught up\u2019 on Platner sexting scandal: Byron York<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe\u2019s someone who continues to make clear that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republicans\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"240\">Republicans<\/a> have zero interest in actually doing anything about any of the issues that the American people care about in terms of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/\" type=\"category\" id=\"544\">economy<\/a>, and he\u2019d rather spend time trying to divide us, say outrageous things to appeal to his MAGA base,\u201d Jeffries told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUltimately, I think Andy Ogles is going down in flames and will be defeated in November,\u201d Jeffries continued. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ogles\u2019s post, which had over 2 million views as of Tuesday afternoon before its deletion, comes on the second day of Pride Month. Ogles in the post went on to declare June \u201cNuclear Family Month.\u201d Gov. Bill Lee (R-TN) signed a resolution earlier this year designating June Nuclear Family Month in<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tennessee\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"600\"> Tennessee<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ) said in a text message to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that the post was \u201cinsane\u201d and that she\u2019d consider voting to censure Ogles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ogles initially faced a possibly competitive reelection, even as his seat went to President Donald Trump by double digits in 2024. Poor fundraising and a spate of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/conduct.house.gov\/reports\/investigations\/oce-referral-regarding-rep-andy-ogles\">ethics<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newschannel5.com\/news\/newschannel-5-investigates\/donors-want-answers-from-tennessee-congressman-what-did-you-do-with-the-money#google_vignette\">issues<\/a> made him vulnerable to a challenge from Democratic Columbia, Tennessee, Mayor Chaz Molder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Tennessee legislative Republicans moved quickly after the Supreme Court curtailed the Voting Rights Act in <em>Louisiana v. Callais<\/em> and cracked Democratic stronghold Memphis into three districts. The move placed Memphis in Ogles\u2019s Middle Tennessee seat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the nonpartisan <em>Cook Political Report<\/em>, Trump would have carried his redrawn district by 23 points in the 2024 election, making it highly unlikely for Democrats to flip the seat in November.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ogles, however, drew bipartisan condemnation for the post. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4589569\/trump-south-carolina-governor-endorsement\/\"><strong>NANCY MACE AND RALPH NORMAN REFUSE TO EXIT SOUT CAROLINA\u2019S GOVERNOR\u2019S RACE AFTER LOSING TRUMP ENDORSEMENT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI never thought I\u2019d hear a person I consider a friend say there is no place for me in this country simply because of who I chose to love,\u201d former Republican New York Rep. George Santos <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Georgesantos\/status\/2061855568818577457?s=20\">wrote on X in response<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHomosexuality exists,\u201d Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepMikeLawler\/status\/2061895226302570746?s=20\">wrote on X<\/a>. \u201cIn America. In fact Andy, you have family, friends, neighbors, colleagues and constituents who are gay and lesbian. It doesn\u2019t make them less than or somehow unworthy of being an American. What an absolutely idiotic statement to make.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeffries vows to defeat Andy Ogles after his inflammatory \u201cHomosexuality has no place\u201d post<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3691,"featured_media":2609759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-collage-9gpetew34-1780430065192-e1780435378738.jpg?1780421039&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[36962,80729,50470,36160,80730],"class_list":["post-2609758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-andy-ogles","tag-homophobia-2","tag-jeffries-2","tag-political-controversy","tag-targeted-post"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-collage-9gpetew34-1780430065192-e1780435378738.jpg?1780421039&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2609758","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\/3691"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2609758"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2609758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2609762,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2609758\/revisions\/2609762"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2609759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2609758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2609758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2609758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}