Former Trump ambassador and Republican Senate candidate touts her past support for gender ideology group Pride
Republican Jeff Gunter, a dermatologist, US Senate candidate in Nevada and former ambassador to Iceland during the Trump administration, is touting his past support for a Pride group known for promoting radical gender ideology and attacking law enforcement as part of his support for the Black Lives Matter Movement (BLM).
According to Gunter’s campaign website, he lists as “successes” his participation in the 2019 Reykjavik Pride Parade, an $11,000 grant awarded by the US government to the Reykjavik Pride organization that same year “to promote equal rights.” , and said it “demonstrated America’s commitment to LGBTI+ rights during the Reykjavik Pride 2020 event.”
Reykjavik Pride’s history with radical gender ideology includes what a local Icelandic media outlet reported was the group’s planning lectures on transphobia and LGBTQ schoolchildren as part of its Pride 2020 celebration, as well as that the president of the organization boasted of marching dressed as a woman during that year’s demonstration. parade and inspire a friend’s son to cross-dress.
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Students from the University of Iceland participate in the Reykjavík Pride parade on August 17, 2019 in Reykjavik, Iceland. (Sophia Groves/Getty Images)
Photos posted on social media by Reykjavik Pride show that on other occasions, the group included drag queens as part of their celebrations attended by children. One such celebration, the 2022 “Rainbow Family Festival,” involved children dancing with drag queens in front of the crowd.
Other photos also included sexually explicit performances at events over the years.
Additionally, the group’s 2020 Pride celebration, held in the wake of George Floyd’s death in the US, included conferences calling for defunding the police and expressing support for BLM.
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When contacted for comment, Gunter told Fox News Digital that his participation in the Reykjavik Pride events was within his capacity as a US ambassador, which was in support of former President Donald Trump’s “campaign to decriminalize homosexuality around the world and oppose brutal regimes. like Iran, which continue to criminalize gays.
Jeff Gunter, former US ambassador to Iceland and Republican Senate candidate from Nevada. (US Embassy in Iceland)
“Obviously, marching in a gay pride parade is not an endorsement of anything and everything anyone might be saying or doing in parades around the world,” Gunter said.
“To clarify, I never gave money to the organization, in fact, it was authorized before I arrived. Additionally, I refused to give them money in 2020 and gave it to an advocacy group to support disabled people. I also say officially “I asked the Icelandic ambassador to the United States to remove the BLM endorsement from the official Icelandic government website,” he added.
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When asked if the Icelandic government complied with the request, a spokesman for Gunter said no.
Gunter also attacked fellow Republican Sam Brown, one of his opponents in the Nevada GOP Senate primary, whom he called “Scam Brown.”
Brown is “more in line with Iran than Donald Trump on this issue,” he added. “It’s just one of the many reasons why he refuses to endorse Donald Trump for 2024 and barely says his name.”
Participants wave flags during the Reykjavík Pride parade on August 17, 2019 in Reykjavik, Iceland. (Sophia Groves/Getty Images)
“I am proud of my work supporting Trump’s agenda abroad. And I support Donald Trump 110% in 2024,” he added.
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Gunter is one of eight candidates vying for the Republican nomination in Nevada’s Senate race, which is expected to be one of the most closely watched of the 2024 election cycle and could determine which party controls the chamber.
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