{"id":2633113,"date":"2026-07-21T12:57:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T16:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-claims-there-is-a-closeted-gay-mafia-within-gop\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T12:58:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T16:58:27","slug":"hunter-biden-claims-there-is-a-closeted-gay-mafia-within-gop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-claims-there-is-a-closeted-gay-mafia-within-gop\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunter Biden claims there is a &#8216;closeted gay mafia&#8217; within GOP"},"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%2Fhunter-biden-claims-there-is-a-closeted-gay-mafia-within-gop%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=2633113&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>Hunter biden claimed that there is a &#8220;closeted gay mafia&#8221; of Republicans in Washington, D.C., suggesting that their internal struggles with sexuality lead to them having &#8220;blackened hearts.&#8221; He argued that this &#8220;closettocracy&#8221; is a greater problem than oligarchy as it causes internal conflict and projection of internal issues onto others.Biden, speaking from decades of political experience, said many people in Washington are closeted and that this internal turmoil contributes to negative behaviors. He also speculated that Senator Lindsey Graham was gay, though Graham never publicly addressed such claims. Biden emphasized that the psychological effects of hiding one&#8217;s sexuality create hostility and vitriol, which negatively affect both individuals and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnells-protege-goes-down-to-defeat-in-kentucky-governors-race\/\" title=\"Mitch McConnell...s prot\u00e9g\u00e9 loses in Kentucky governor...s race.\">broader political environment<\/a>.The interview touched on various topics, including political figures, Biden\u2019s personal history, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-republicans-clash-over-future-of-party-as-campaigns-struggle-to-win-over-donors\/\" title=\"Michigan ... divided over party...s future as campaigns struggle to secure donor support.\">recent legal cases involving<\/a> his family.  <\/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\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hunter-biden\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"437\">Hunter Biden<\/a> claimed there is a \u201ccloseted gay mafia\u201d of Republicans in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"260\">Washington, D.C.<\/a>, arguing that years of suppressing their sexuality have left some GOP lawmakers with \u201cblackened hearts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking on the <em>I\u2019ve Had It <\/em>podcast, Biden said what he called the nation\u2019s \u201cclosettocracy\u201d poses a greater problem than the \u201coligarchy,\u201d contending that closeted Republicans project their own internal struggles onto others. <\/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\/senate\/4656756\/hunter-biden-closeted-gay-mafia-republicans-blackened-hearts\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Hunter Biden says \u2018closeted gay mafia\u2019 Republicans have \u2018blackened hearts\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4656660\/lindsey-graham-funeral-service-south-carolina-dc\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>What to know about Lindsey Graham\u2019s funeral services<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4654513\/fox-news-favorite-democrat-fetterman-56-appearances\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Fox News\u2019s favorite Democrat? Fetterman has appeared on the network 56 times this year<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI believe that the biggest problem in America is not the oligarchy. It\u2019s the closettocracy,\u201d Biden said. \u201cEverybody knows there is a closeted gay mafia, largely Republican, that exists in Washington, D.C.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biden said he was speaking from decades of experience around the nation\u2019s political establishment, noting that he spent much of his life in Washington while his father served as senator, vice president, and president. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w2SZO2O6O0g?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI lived there for 20 years,\u201d Biden said. \u201cMy dad was a senator, vice president, president. Everybody knows every single one of them who\u2019s gay.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biden argued that the significance of the alleged network stems from what he described as the psychological effects of remaining in the closet. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI believe that internal conflict creates so much vitriol inside a person that they take it out on the rest of the world,\u201d he said. \u201cTheir whole lives they\u2019ve been closeted, so you have this black ball inside yourself, this blackened heart, because you can\u2019t be who you want to be. And so you take it out on everybody else.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4645060\/hunter-biden-win-defamation-case\/\"><strong>HUNTER BIDEN WINS $1.7 MILLION DEFAMATION CASE OVER IRAN BRIBERY ALLEGATIONS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the interview, Biden also asserted that \u201ceverybody knows\u201d Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lindsey-graham\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"737\">Lindsey Graham<\/a> was gay. The North Carolina Republican, who died earlier this month, never publicly identified as gay and has repeatedly declined to address speculation about his personal life. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The comments during a wide-ranging interview in which Biden also criticized Democrats\u2019 response to President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a>, blasted former Attorney General Merrick Garland, and reflected on his addiction, legal troubles, and years in the political spotlight.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hunter Biden: GOP\u2019s \u201cclosettocracy\u201d harms hearts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4275,"featured_media":2633114,"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\/07\/AP26163617290347-1-e1784645412747.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3985,6203,32528,5894,82968],"class_list":["post-2633113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-conspiracy","tag-gop","tag-hunter-biden","tag-politics","tag-themewithpolitics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26163617290347-1-e1784645412747.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2633113","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\/4275"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2633113"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2633113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2633117,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2633113\/revisions\/2633117"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2633114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2633113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2633113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2633113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}