Posted on 04/21/2020 1:48:05 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
BRADDOCK, Pa. — A local restaurant owner appeared to be mocking the person who is leading the state’s fight against coronavirus on social media.
Robert Portogallo is the owner of Peppers N’at in Braddock.
It's super popular in our region, but Portagallo is coming under fire for recent Facebook comments that he posted on his personal page -- comments that some say are transphobic.
In one of the Facebook posts, Portogallo is wearing a wig, glasses and pearls, appearing to mimic the look of Pennsylvania Secretary of Health, Dr. Rachel Levine, who is a transgender woman.
Another post shows Portogallo appearing to impersonate Levine holding a news conference around rolls of toilet paper with the caption “Now we know who hoarded all the toilet paper.”
While Portogallo said his intent was to be funny, members of the LGBTQ community aren’t laughing.
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Cross dressing guy.
Exactly.
Kind of gives new meaning to the name Trannsylvania! (Two n’s in the beginning as in Pennsylvania. Get it? Get it?)
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