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BlueWaveNeverEnd

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Fri Apr 7, 2023, 06:17 PM Apr 2023

GOP candidate says teachers "poisoned" his child & turned them nonbinary bisexual [View all]

GOP candidate says teachers "poisoned" his child & turned them nonbinary bisexual


Phillip Andrew Hamilton, a Republican candidate running for the Virginia state senate, says schools simply must be indoctrinating children and poisoning their minds because his own 13-year-old child is a nonbinary bisexual.

repeatedly misgendering his child while appearing on the right-wing web show In The Trenches With Teddy Daniels, Hamilton said, “Last year, she came out to me and said, ‘Well, Dad, I’m bisexual.’ And this is when she was 12 years old. I said, ‘You’re too young to be really going into whether or not you’re bisexual. You’re not a dating age.’ And she dismissed me, unfortunately.

“I found out later on last year that the problem was much worse than just being bisexual,” Hamilton added. “She came out and said, ‘Well, I’m no longer being identified as a she. I’m a they/them.’”

Hamilton then said that, even though his ex-wife and her family supported the child’s identities, he wouldn’t.

“I told my daughter, ‘You need to go to the church. You need to realize that this is not the right path for you,’” he said. “I asked her, ‘What teachers indoctrinated you with this?’ and she refused to tell me. And it infuriates me to this day that the public education system has poisoned the mind of my own daughter.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/gop-candidate-says-teachers-poisoned-his-child-turned-them-nonbinary-bisexual/ar-AA19AUWi

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Did they turn him into a newt? Wounded Bear Apr 2023 #1
A gingrich is a truly ignorant creature RainCaster Apr 2023 #3
Nah, when you're turned into a newt Bettie Apr 2023 #11
He got better. sakabatou Apr 2023 #14
Boy George knows exactly who poisoned they/them Coventina Apr 2023 #2
Thanks for the memory ExWhoDoesntCare Apr 2023 #30
Poor kid. Hope there's some family to turn to. nt Hortensis Apr 2023 #4
Agree. He's a loon. And using his minor child to score MAGA points--disgusting. Timeflyer Apr 2023 #17
For sure. Conservatives are supposed to be strongly Hortensis Apr 2023 #34
Sounds like there is ExWhoDoesntCare Apr 2023 #29
Yea, right, they will pray the "defect" away... Chainfire Apr 2023 #5
Great point. I'm going to have to repeat that. n/t Victor_c3 Apr 2023 #9
or more power than their Gawd and/or RW baby 'lock n' load' jeebus? Celerity Apr 2023 #33
Yeah, go to church. lpbk2713 Apr 2023 #6
Here's hoping the kid is safe. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2023 #7
me too BlueWaveNeverEnd Apr 2023 #24
My 12-year-old daughter sort of came out to me the other day Victor_c3 Apr 2023 #8
Agreed. Caliman73 Apr 2023 #22
Don't worry about this nut. The 57th is Albemarle Co. - Charlottesville underpants Apr 2023 #10
Not So Fast DET Apr 2023 #13
Looked it up. Still Albemarle and C'ville. Heavy Dem. underpants Apr 2023 #15
Well, that's a relief DET Apr 2023 #18
It is Charlottesville obamanut2012 Apr 2023 #28
These nutcases have it worked out. Turbineguy Apr 2023 #12
Sounds like she's at that defiant age, especially since Dad is a dufus. haele Apr 2023 #16
Hopefully NowISeetheLight Apr 2023 #19
Ex-Wife Trenzalore Apr 2023 #20
The framing is super important. Caliman73 Apr 2023 #21
excellent framing BlueWaveNeverEnd Apr 2023 #25
How dare a teacher "poison her mind". After all, that's his job. patphil Apr 2023 #23
As any teacher will tell you Phoenix61 Apr 2023 #26
This message was self-deleted by its author Phoenix61 Apr 2023 #27
I always want to ask these people ExWhoDoesntCare Apr 2023 #31
I'm sure this guy was looking at boobs at 12 NickB79 Apr 2023 #32
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