He apparently can’t lead the federal response to the Baltimore bridge collapse because he and his husband are happy together.

After a 95,000-ton cargo ship hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore yesterday, many on the right decided to blame out Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, often attacking him for being gay, despite how he had nothing to do with the disaster.

So anti-LGBTQ+ hate influencer Chaya Raichik – who goes by LibsofTikTok online – had to join in.

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    9 months ago

    She was a huge anonymous figure in attacking gay and trans rights for years, often targeting 100s of thousands of followers at specific people. She was doing this in the cover of darkness.

    Her actual name was only discovered because of investigative journalism, and 100% should be attached to all of the hateful actions she takes. She does not want her actual name published along with these attacks, so we absolutely should continue attaching it.

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      9 months ago

      Having your name attached to hate speech is less undesirable these days so who knows