Many will say that Donald Trump had it coming for him, when he dared to posit himself as a friend of “the gays”.
The LGBT community, the gay community, the lesbian community – they are so much in favour of what I’ve been saying over the last three or four days. Ask the gays what they think and what they do, in, not only Saudi Arabia, but many of these countries, and then you tell me – who’s your friend, Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton?Donald Trump
And like a genie, the internet gave him what he asked for because almost immediately after, #AskTheGays became a viral hashtag, with people uploading sassy gifs in to respond to Trump who has often said derogatory things about minorities.
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Chicago Tribune quoted Biran C Johnson, CEO of Equality Illinois – a Chicago-based LGBT organisation as saying:
Trump has a way of oversimplifying nuanced, painful issues, and this is just another example. His call to ask the gays ignores the full diversity of our community. For months he’s campaigned against Muslims, Latinos, Mexicans, but we have LGBT members who are Muslim, Latino, Mexican. He’s trying to divide us, but he’s not speaking to us. The LGBT community is too smart to fall for this.
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