Friends, I don’t usually like commenting on stories like these. But this one made me so angry that I had to say something: 

One of the extremists running for the GOP nomination in this November’s Senate race made a bigoted claim that the  ‘plus’ symbol in LGBTQ+ stands for ‘pedophiles’ — part of a disgusting lie that right-wing Republicans have been spreading for years in an attempt to tie the community to pedophiles and child abuse. 

Look, I know that you and I are on the same page on this. We can condemn his statement in the strongest possible terms, and we hope he apologizes. 

But I’m not holding my breath. 

So we’ll have to make sure he doesn’t EVER get a national platform for this kind of offensive nonsense.

If you agree we need to put a stop to extreme Republican candidates like Parkinson, I hope you’ll donate to Tim’s campaign to send a message that we won’t tolerate anti-LGBTQ+ bigotry in Virginia or in the U.S. Senate.

Thanks for standing up for our shared values, 

Keren

Keren Charles Dongo

Campaign Manager, Tim Kaine for Virginia

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From: Breaking News VA <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, Feb 12, 2024
Subject: Republican Scott Parkinson falsely claims pedophiles are part of LGBTQ+ community

Team, did you see this headline about one of Tim Kaine's Republican challengers? 

MAGA extremist Scott Parkinson made the bigoted claim that the ‘plus’ symbol in LGBTQ+ stands for ‘pedophiles’ – part of a disgusting lie that right-wing Republicans have been spreading for years in an attempt to tie this community to pedophiles and child abuse. 

Make no mistake – there is no place for hateful conspiracy theories here in Virginia. 

Tim Kaine has always believed that no one should face discrimination because of who they are or whom they love, and he’s fought to protect the rights of the LGBTQ+ community from rising bigotry and violence. 

We have to put a stop to extreme Republican candidates like Parkinson and reelect Tim in November. Are you with us? 

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Thanks for helping us stand up against hate and discrimination.

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