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A Small Town’s July 4 Parade Has Been Upended By Right-Wing Culture Warriors
Huffington Post ^ | July 3, 2022 | Nathalie Baptiste

Posted on 07/03/2022 7:54:42 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?

When the city of Friendswood, Texas, announced on Facebook that hometown hero Haley Carter would be the grand marshal for the town’s famed Fourth of July parade, the post was peppered with excited comments. Carter, who was in the Marines and is a retired professional soccer player, was just the type of person residents wanted to see lead the parade.

Then the right-wing culture warriors showed up.

Conservative radio host Jesse Kelly tweeted the same day that Friendswood had appointed a “gun-grabber” who is “into drag” and “trans activism” to lead the parade. Kelly is from Ohio, ran a failed congressional campaign in Arizona, and now hosts his radio show from nearby Houston. “Communists are in blood-red areas too,” he wrote.

Soon, excited Facebook comments were accompanied by screenshots of Kelly’s tweets about Carter, some of which included a picture of her young son. She began receiving threats.

On paper, Carter seems like the kind of person conservatives who claim to love the military would support.

She attended the U.S. Naval Academy and served two tours in Iraq after graduating in 2006.....

But Carter is also an outspoken supporter of gun reform in her home state of Texas. She serves as the chair of the Mayor’s Commission Against Gun Violence in Houston, and in the wake of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, she wrote a letter demanding Texas leaders act on gun reform. She also regularly takes her son to drag events and once surprised him with a trip to Las Vegas to meet his favorite drag queen.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Arizona; US: Ohio; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; 4thofjuly; arizona; banglist; demagogicparty; demagogue; drag; dragqueens; facebook; friendswood; genderdysphoria; haleycarter; homosexualagenda; houston; huffingtonpost; huffpo; jessekelly; july4th; mediawingofthednc; nathaliebaptiste; nra; ohio; panicporn; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; secondamendment; texas; transgender; unfitmother; usmc
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Selective outrage. How many times have the libs blocked right wingers? Such as Rush being an NFL team owner, or numerous speakers at colleges.
1 posted on 07/03/2022 7:54:42 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
Communism....


2 posted on 07/03/2022 7:59:18 AM PDT by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

The idiot is from Ohio, ran a political campaign in Arizona and lives in Texas. What the.....?


3 posted on 07/03/2022 7:59:28 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (First, they stole our elections. Then, they stole our country.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
She doesn't support "gun reform", She supports violating inalienable rights and has no place in an Independence Day parade. We fought off a tyrant who was determined to disarm us.
4 posted on 07/03/2022 8:00:15 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Yeah.


5 posted on 07/03/2022 8:00:17 AM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: FlingWingFlyer
The idiot is from Ohio, ran a political campaign in Arizona and lives in Texas. What the.....?

That's the person who launched the campaign against the grand marshal.

6 posted on 07/03/2022 8:02:49 AM PDT by DoodleDawg (“Putin would not have invaded Ukraine if President Trump was still the president,” she said.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

I love how the author believes Houston is “nearby” Arizona!


7 posted on 07/03/2022 8:04:41 AM PDT by MortMan (You better bring yours, when you come to take mine. - Creed Fisher)
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To: T.B. Yoits

The HuffPo, looking at her military history, says she’s perfect on paper. By the same standard, so was Benedict Arnold. What’s their point?

Leftists are so tiresome with that sort of BS.


8 posted on 07/03/2022 8:06:04 AM PDT by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Exactly. If only this was the first time one side or the other played the, “I’m OUTRAGED!!!! I tell ya!” card.

The libs have it down so well half of our side doesn’t even notice it anymore.


9 posted on 07/03/2022 8:06:26 AM PDT by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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“She also regularly takes her son to drag events and once surprised him with a trip to Las Vegas to meet his favorite drag queen.“

That’s some serious issues right there.


10 posted on 07/03/2022 8:06:41 AM PDT by bigfootbob (Arm Up and Carry On!)
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But Carter is also an outspoken supporter of gun reform in her home state of Texas. She serves as the chair of the Mayor’s Commission Against Gun Violence in Houston, and in the wake of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, she wrote a letter demanding Texas leaders act on gun reform. She also regularly takes her son to drag events and once surprised him with a trip to Las Vegas to meet his favorite drag queen.
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This is not someone who conservatives would or should support.


11 posted on 07/03/2022 8:06:41 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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"She also regularly takes her son to drag events and once surprised him with a trip to Las Vegas to meet his favorite drag queen."

Whoa, she is a real sicko!

12 posted on 07/03/2022 8:06:54 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (Wanting to make America great isn’t an insult unless you’re trying to make it worse! ULTRAMAGA!!)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Funny when BLM literally shut down major highways effecting peoples liveli- hoods and business they were called “protestors” even though what they were doing is illegal:

https://theintercept.com/2017/04/05/minnesota-is-trying-to-crush-black-lives-movement-highway-protests-a-tactic-activists-have-used-for-decades/

Yet when the right just uses freedom of speech we are “warriors” and “activists”.

I’ve said for years the left is nothing if not hypocrites.


13 posted on 07/03/2022 8:08:04 AM PDT by Phoenix8
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HuffPo? Please......


14 posted on 07/03/2022 8:08:21 AM PDT by Gaffer (i )
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

They say that like it’s a bad thing.


15 posted on 07/03/2022 8:08:38 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Contempt for pre-born human life breeds BBw contempt for post-born human life.)
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To: Cincinnatus.45-70

Ironic, too, because leftists HATE the military until a case like this comes along and they then LOVE the military because they can smear conservatives with it.


16 posted on 07/03/2022 8:08:46 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (Wanting to make America great isn’t an insult unless you’re trying to make it worse! ULTRAMAGA!!)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Yup, Leftists are always outraged when we treat them like they have treated us for decades.


17 posted on 07/03/2022 8:09:21 AM PDT by falcon99 ( )
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Suck it up leftists. You’ve been pulling this crap for decades. Its time you had to eat some yourselves.


18 posted on 07/03/2022 8:09:29 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I surprised my son with a trip to Las Vegas to go to the Motor Speedway to watch NASCAR. Another time I surprised my son with a trip to NYC to watch the Yankees play.

I never once ever thought about taking him anywhere to “meet his favorite drag queen.”

I guess I’m hopelessly behind the times.


19 posted on 07/03/2022 8:10:49 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (Wanting to make America great isn’t an insult unless you’re trying to make it worse! ULTRAMAGA!!)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

1) she is a gun grabber in Texas.
2) She takes her children to trans stripper clubs.

BOTH points disqualify her from representing normal people. The 2nd is the worst, it makes her into a child abuser.

~~This is less a culture war and more normal people saying, “NO!”


20 posted on 07/03/2022 8:11:27 AM PDT by Cyclops08
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