Cher has torn into President Donald Trump after he retweeted anti-Muslim videos from a member of a far-right British organization.
Trump shared videos from Britain First deputy leader Jayda Fransen, which claimed to show Muslims committing acts of violence and assault.
His apparent endorsing of the tweets — sent to his almost 44 million followers — drew outrage from British politicians, with Prime Minister Theresa May calling it “wrong” to share them and saying Britain First exists to “divide communities through their use of hateful narratives.”
Apologizing to Britain for Trump’s actions, Cher called Trump a “demented racist” and said he was an “insufferable” clown.
The “Believe” singer (and gay icon) said she was “proud” that British politicians had stood up to Trump and publicly opposed his actions.
Check out her (signature all-caps) tweet below:
I WOULD LIKE 2 APOLOGIZE 2 BRITISH PEOPLE🙏🏻 THE PERSON WHO OCCUPIES OUR WHITE HOUSE IS A DEMENTED RACIST‼️IM NOT PROUD OF MY FEELINGS TOWARDS HIM,BUT GOD,I CANT BEAR 2 SEE OR HEAR HIM.HE'S AN INSUFFERABLE 🤡‼️IM PROUD PARLIAMENT STOOD UP TO HIM & RESCINDED HIS VISIT.😘🇬🇧
In addition to its anti-Muslim sentiments, Britain First has a history of anti-LGBTQ actions. Just this year, the group’s Facebook page seemed furious that a reality dating show would feature all-LGBTQ contestants for the first time.
After branding the move “political correctness,” Britain First’s followers quickly filled the comments section with homophobic and anti-LGBTQ language, including asking why a lesbian relationship was being “pushed down everyone else’s throat like it is normal, which it isn’t.”
Cher isn’t the only gay icon signalling their disdain for Trump on Twitter. Just last week, Bette Midler read Trump for a tweet in which he said he was America’s favorite president.
Midler retorted that she’d prefer any other president, including “the 39 who are currently decomposing corpses.”
Trump tweeted he is our favorite President. I prefer any other President, including the 39 who are currently decomposing corpses.
The U.S. Air Force has issued new guidance, in two memos signed by interim assistant secretary for manpower and reserve affairs Brian Scarlett, detailing how transgender Airmen and Guardians will be involuntarily separated -- and denying them any chance to contest the decision.
Citing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's memo announcing compliance with President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban transgender service members, an Aug. 12 memo states that any Airman or Guardian with a diagnosis, history, or symptoms consistent with gender dysphoria will be denied a waiver and involuntarily separated.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has reposted a CNN clip featuring Doug Wilson, leader of the Christian evangelical movement he follows, in which the pastor calls for making gay sex illegal.
“In the late ’70s and early ’80s, sodomy was a felony in all 50 states. That America of that day was not a totalitarian hellhole,” Wilson says in the seven-minute segment, reports the Daily Beast.
Wilson goes on to say he wishes the United States would revive anti-sodomy laws, which criminalized same-sex relations -- and, in some states, even certain non-vaginal sex acts between consenting heterosexual partners.
The Turning Point USA co-founder, who once declared Pride a “sin” and opposed LGBTQ rights, was killed during a campus event at Utah Valley University.
Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was killed by an assassin's bullet during an event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on Wednesday, Sept. 10.
The 31-year-old was the co-founder of Turning Point USA, an organization advocating for conservative politics and education on high school and college campuses.
At the time of the shooting, Kirk, who appeared on campus as part of his "American Comeback Tour," was taking questions from people in the crowd while seated at a "Prove Me Wrong" table in the Sorensen Center courtyard on campus, according to The Associated Press.
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