The attacks on Gannon started over his question and were initially about the homosexual angle. The escort aspect was brought up LATER (days after the initial attack happened).
Face it. What he did re the pics and escort business was wrong, but that is not why the left targeted him.
Actually, this is an interesting ploy by the left. The get us to start defending a gay man, or at least a man who until recently engaged in gay activities. Now the liberals have a large group of conservatives circling the wagons around a man who represented something that is totally outside the scope of conservatism. It's the slippery slope thing. Next thing you know, we'll have our own Barney Frank.