45% Of Gay Men Say They Support Donald Trump

September 30, 2020
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Great! https://t.co/qXmO6krjYs
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 20, 2020

This past week proved in my mind that Donald Trump is the gay icon we didn't know we didn't need. We know from his tax returns that he's bad with money, and we know from last night's presidential debate that he requires constant attention. Bad with money? Desperate for affection? I'm not a scientist, but gurl, you a gay icon!

Plus, Trump obviously stands with sex workers. He married one after all. Plus plus he's a pathological liar, and if you've ever logged onto a certain Internet website URL known as Grindr, you'll know that is in the gay wheelhouse as well. Plus plus PLUS, Trump is debilitatingly self-loathing. And mamaw. If you're not self-loathing, you're not doing drag. Gay. Icon. Status.

But just because Trump fulfills all of our homosexual Disney villain fantasies (honestly Claude Frollo wishes), doesn't necessarily mean he's going to be wildly successful in a position of power. In fact some would argue that he is not. Which brings me to a fairly shocking statistic: 45% of gay men in America claim to support Donald Trump.

The poll was conducted by the gay site Hornet. Worldwide, the breakdown of 10,000 respondents went 66% Joe Biden and 34% Donald Trump. But when Hornet focused on the 1,200 Americans who completed the survey, the breakdown was much more towards Trump's favor - 45% Trump and 51% Biden.

Do I look as cute as I feel, guys? #GaysForTrump pic.twitter.com/wuMbiFurxw
— Casey Flores (@caseyjflores) September 22, 2020

After the Cambridge Analytica debacle I'm fully aware that some content online needs to be taken with a grain of salt (and that goes for you Fleshbot Gay readers as well! Have you ever seen Putin and me in the same place at the same time??) so maybe this is all a big trolling effort? I'm aware that #Gays4Trump exist, but I hardly thought the movement was sweeping the nation. Remember #JewsForJesus? I assumed their popularity was comparable.

The Hornet poll did get picked up by major news outlets, so even if it's fake news, it's real to some people now. Do you guys actually think that 45% of gay men support Trump? If it's the case, 45% of you are going to have some very interesting things to say in the comments...