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Amid the chaos that conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has wrought on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control through firings and pressured resignations, some Republicans in Congress are opting to distract from the turmoil with rank homophobia.
Much like deceased GOP Sen. Joseph McCarthy, who led the so-called Lavender Scare, a campaign to purge homosexual folks from the federal government, the suitable is but once more demonizing homosexual folks to serve its political pursuits. After Demetre Daskalakis, the (now-former) director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, joined different prime CDC officers in resigning in protest after the ouster of CDC Director Susan Monarez, two Republicans are suggesting Daskalakis’ sexuality justified his departure.
Here’s a quote Sen. Rand Paul gave to The Hill this week, whereas bashing Daskalakis’ help for vaccinating infants towards hepatitis B:
‘One of the guys that is the biggest proponent of doing all this is the guy who describes the risky behavior that he and his lifestyle involve,’ Paul stated when requested concerning the exodus in CDC management Tuesday night, referring to Daskalakis. Paul was discussing his opposition to toddler vaccinations towards hepatitis B when requested. ‘A guy that is so far … out of the mainstream, I think most people in America would discount his opinion because of the things he said in the past. He does not represent the mainstream of anything in America,’ Paul continued. ‘He should have never had a position in government. And he brags about his lifestyle, you know, this whole idea of bondage and, you know, multiple partners and all that stuff. He brags about that stuff, but he’s bought no enterprise being in authorities. It’s good riddance.’
Paul’s remarks got here after Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga., referred to Daskalakis as a “BDSM satan worshipper” on CNN Sunday. Daskalakis dismissed the satanism allegations in 2022 however, for years, conservative disinformation-peddlers have used the very fact he has a pentacle tattoo — together with different private selections, like images of Daskalakis wearing leather — to painting him as some sort of demonic intercourse pervert relatively than what he truly is: an infectious illness professional whose public well being remit has largely included selling the well being and wellness of LGBTQ folks in America — who occurs to be a homosexual man himself.
The apparent deflection of this bigotry is obvious. Paul, Carter and the right-wing social media ecosystem are trying to paper over Daskalakis’ resignation with homophobic attacks, baselessly labeling him a sexual deviant — together with, as Paul alleges, for purportedly bragging about “multiple partners.” Meanwhile, the conspiracy-minded HHS secretary, whose history of self-described “polygamous” behavior and alleged sexual assault is nicely documented, pursues his campaign towards public well being, placing extra Americans in danger by the day.
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