DC gay bar owners report thousands in losses due to federal presence

DC News Now Washington via Yahoo!News ^ | Aug 18, 2025 | Daniel Hamburg

[fwdude]

I would have guessed Gay Bud Light...

Is Zima still a thing?

[SaveFerris]

Heh - I tried it back then

Didn’t seem awful but I
saw that it was not liked

Somebody said that they just got back
from a cruise ship and the Bud Light
was all STILL in the refrigerator

LOLOL 😆😂

[libertylover]

people stayed home or went somewhere else to avoid the intimidating sight.

No. they stayed home to avoid being detained/deported because they are in the country illegally and didn't want to get caught.

[FrankRizzo890]

“You know what Kinky? If there’s not the threat of being violently beaten and robbed, I just can’t get up the energy to go out tonight”.

[rocksblues]

Point is if the gay bars are not getting traffic then there are lot of lonely elected politicians who routinely spend their off hours cruisin’ that scene.

THIS

[californian by choice]

Only those who have outstanding accounts with the law are intimidated.

[JimRed]

Fag bars should be required to post a visible warning, so NORMALS don’t wander in mistakenly.

[Forward the Light Brigade]

Just fly the Gay Pride flag at the doorway entrance so people will not mistakenly step into a place for Gays?

[Harpotoo]

They are just triggered;-)

[DeplorableTrumpSupporter]

My thoughts exactly!!! What a shame... 😀

[x]

That’s easy to fix.

Send in the navy.

[cpdiii]

I do not believe this. Gays do not want to be mugged by criminals. They are safer now than before.

[oldtech]

Yes; isn’t that a shame? Will the general public really miss something that was not needed in the first place?

[DouglasKC]

And only the gay bar owners?

[DeplorableTrumpSupporter]

If there was ever a woke business, it would be a gay bar

Time to put my generation views on Homosexuality. We grew up with us being open on it. A friend of mine, who is a Trump supporter, owns two gay bars. He is first a business owner, yes he is gay, but even gay business owners knows that with less taxes it means you have more to spend on to simulate the economy.

I know most of you are older, however, we don't look at Homosexuality as evil. What people do with CONSENTING ADULTS (18+) in their own home, is not our business.

[simpson96]

[Pontiac]

https://www.cracked.com/article_44808_weve-been-watching-a-famous-snl-sketch-the-wrong-way-for-years.html

Article has a link to video with original music restored.

[Albion Wilde]

So sad that they cannot go pokeassing along. Much like many capital cities, the freaks gather and infiltrate. Even worse is the elected class have been indoctrinated into this lifestyle.

It's like Berlin before the war.

[HollyB]

“ Though there hasn’t been much of a police presence on 18th Street, Perruzza said the federal takeover is still to blame.

“I’ve been doing this for 30 years. I know about the August slump, ”

So, according to the bar owner, police aren’t even near his bar and business is normally down in August. But, it’s Trumps fault. In other news, the locals appreciate feeling safe. If cops are targeting criminals, then I wonder who is avoiding the police by not going out and to his bar?