When he complained, rightwingers sent him homophobic taunts online.

Black gay Republican podcaster Rob Smith has claimed that “white supremacist” members of his political party called him “fa**ot” and the n-word during his Sunday night attendance of Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest event in Phoenix, Arizona. Though Smith posted a video of his brief interaction with the aggressors, commenters on X (formerly Twitter) noted that the video didn’t feature the n-word and mocked Smith his membership in an anti-gay political party.

“Last night in Phoenix, I was confronted and surrounded by some White Supremacists that don’t like gays or blacks in the Republican Party,” Smith wrote in a December 18 post on X. “They shouted ‘nr’ and ‘ft’ at me to make their point. However, I served in Iraq. I never back down. Ever.”

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    Try to burn a Bible in many small towns in America

    I wouldn’t know what happened. Because luckily I’m not an american. But the difference here is how Norway is my birth country, where my ancestors have lived since humans first came to this area. Yet I am not free to critizise an invasive religion, which has never been here before, which threatens the peace and prosperity we enjoy. Of course I don’t like it. I doubt you would either

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      But the difference here is how Norway is my birth country, where my ancestors have lived since humans first came to this area.

      This is meaningless.

      Do you think I don’t disagree with the religious preferences of some people? Because I do. They’re still allowed to believe whatever they want.

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        They’re a racist. That’s the end of it. They’ve convinced themselves that such people are lesser people and not products of their environment that has largely been out of their control.