Here are some of the most openly anti-LGBTQ+ Republicans in Congress
Nearly the entire House and Senate Republican caucuses oppose equal rights. These 17 lawmakers take bigotry to an even higher level.
By Will Fritz and Josh Israel - June 02, 2023Nearly the entire House and Senate Republican caucuses oppose equal rights. These 17 lawmakers take bigotry to an even higher level.
By Will Fritz and Josh Israel - June 02, 2023The Georgia Republican questioned whether a stepmother is a real parent and called a Cabinet secretary a liar during committee hearings.
By Emily Singer - April 27, 2023Donald Trump, who was impeached twice by the U.S. House but was never convicted in the U.S. Senate, is the first former president to face criminal charges.
By Associated Press - April 04, 2023Speakers at the Conservative Political Action Conference advocated for bans on gender-affirming care and the eradication of ‘transgenderism.’
By Emily Singer - March 07, 2023The Georgia Republican used a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference to demonize transgender people.
By Emily Singer - March 03, 2023The House Oversight Committee chair’s comments about Beau Biden are the latest in the House Republicans’ search for dirt on the Biden family.
By Emily Singer - March 01, 2023House Republicans heckled President Joe Biden during the address, shouting expletives and chanting.
By Emily Singer - February 08, 2023The embattled New York Republican will step down from House committees, but says he won’t resign from Congress despite growing calls for him to leave.
By Emily Singer - January 31, 2023The Georgia Republican was previously banned from Twitter for pushing misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine and has promoted conspiracy theories about the virus’s origin.
By Emily Singer - January 26, 2023The House GOP has not expressed similar concern about antisemitism among its own caucus members.
By Josh Israel - January 23, 2023While Republicans who have been removed from committees before are getting assigned to key committees, they are also vowing to block Democrats over debunked smears.
By Josh Israel - January 19, 2023Republicans backing McCarthy in his troubled bid to become speaker of the House are losing patience with members of their own caucus as the vote drags on.
By Josh Israel - January 05, 2023The House of Representatives is at a standstill because the new GOP majority failed to elect a speaker.
By Emily Singer - January 04, 2023Before the U.S. midterm elections this month, Elon Musk urged his ‘independent-minded’ Twitter followers to vote Republican.
By Associated Press - November 24, 2022Extremist factions within the Republican Party could wield disproportionate power in the 118th Congress. Expect internal discord, investigations, and Marjorie Taylor Greene.
By Nick Vachon - November 23, 2022GOP lawmakers opposed both background checks and protections for LGBTQ Americans like those shot at in the Club Q mass shooting.
By Josh Israel - November 21, 2022The Georgia Republican — who lost her committee seats thanks to her racist and violent social media comments — could be placed on the investigative House Oversight Committee if her party flips the House.
By Emily Singer - November 07, 2022The Ohio Republican Senate nominee has also been accused of making offensive comments about Jews.
By Josh Israel - November 02, 2022House Republicans have already introduced 14 separate impeachment resolutions against President Joe Biden’s administration.
By Josh Israel - September 30, 2022‘Tonight the FBI officially became the enemy of the people!!!’ Rep. Ronny Jackson of Texas tweeted.
By Emily Singer - August 09, 2022Republican luminaries such as Matt Gaetz, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Ted Cruz took to the stage in Tampa to spew slurs and insults for an appreciative audience.
By Adrian Cole - July 26, 2022The Georgia Republican clashed with Channel 4’s Siobhan Kennedy over gun violence in the United States.
By Kaishi Chhabra - June 23, 2022Anti-LGBTQ Republicans have turned their attention to falsely accusing drag performers of ‘grooming’ children for sexual abuse.
By Casey Quinlan - June 21, 2022Reps. Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene are defending their vote to restrict low-income families’ ability to buy formula during the ongoing shortage.
By Emily Singer - May 20, 2022One hundred and ninety-two GOP lawmakers voted against $28 million in emergency funding.
By Emily Singer - May 19, 2022Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) said the aid package amounted to ‘funding regime change and money laundering scams.’
By Emily Singer - May 11, 2022A federal judge allowed a challenge to Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s run for reelection to proceed.
By Emily Singer - April 19, 2022Michigan’s longest-serving congressman said extreme far-right members in his party have caused leadership issues.
By Kaishi Chhabra - April 18, 2022The Biden administration announced plans intended to ‘to embed equity, racial justice, and gender equality in day-to-day governing.’
By Oliver Willis - April 14, 2022Nearly one-third of the House GOP caucus voted against a resolution that called on the United States to show support for the North Atlantic military alliance amid Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine.
By Emily Singer - April 06, 2022