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Democratic California Rep. Ted Lieu drops the mic on GOP's anti-LGBTQ bills in an amazing way

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by Rebekah Sager

Daily Kos Staff

Wednesday, Jun. 08, 2022 Wednesday, Jun. 08, 2022 at 1:38:04pm PDT

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA)

Today, California Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu took a minute to call out Republicans on bills targeting the LGBTQ community.

He cited the many times GOP lawmakers have pointedly gone after LGBTQ people on the one hand, and then called themselves Christians on the other.

In one minute of silence, Lieu dropped the mic on the ongoing homophobia by the Republican Party—the supposed party of values and faith.

Take a listen.

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Lieu: I just thought I would recite for you what Jesus Christ said about homosexuality:
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I yield back pic.twitter.com/KTMbtXMtnC
— Acyn (@Acyn) June 8, 2022

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