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Fri Nov 9, 2018, 12:32 PM Nov 2018

Gays for Trump leader loses race for N.C. House seat

Peter Boykin, founder and president of the North Carolina-based group Gays for Trump, lost his race for a seat in the North Carolina House of Representatives on Tuesday in a district that includes the city of Greensboro.

Incumbent Democrat Amos Quick beat Boykin, who ran as a Republican, by a margin of 21,134 votes to 6,395 votes or about 76 percent to 23 percent.

Boykin operates an online radio station, which he says provides news and commentary that focuses on conservative political principles. In 2016, Boykin and his husband, David Smith, became visible attendees at campaign rallies for then-GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump while carrying large “Gays for Trump” signs and banners.

Following Trump’s election as president Boykin organized two pro-Trump rallies on the National Mall in D.C., which drew only a few dozen people.

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2018/11/07/peter-boykin-lost-election/

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Gays for Trump leader loses race for N.C. House seat (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Nov 2018 OP
How did the Chickens for Colonel Sanders candidates do? The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2018 #1
HAHA! Croney Nov 2018 #2
.... muntrv Nov 2018 #4
How did the Chickens for Colonel Sanders candidates do? LenaBaby61 Nov 2018 #6
And not only that.. Permanut Nov 2018 #3
Stomped his hypocrital a&& into the ground. In the community he is supposed a member of,... SWBTATTReg Nov 2018 #5
Voted for Quick DeafAngelboy23 Nov 2018 #7

SWBTATTReg

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5. Stomped his hypocrital a&& into the ground. In the community he is supposed a member of,...
Fri Nov 9, 2018, 01:00 PM
Nov 2018

this is (running as a repug candidate for office) being viewed as literally treason to the community. The community already has enough on its plate to worry about, let alone this guy.

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