Gays Are Not Born That Way, Claims GOP Candidate
Georgia Republican congressional candidate Vernon Jones claims that Jones said that "civil rights for Blacks, and gay rights for gays, are two different things," Newsweek reported.
He made his comments on Friday with former Trump aide,�Steve Bannon. After Bannon responded, "they say it's the same thing," Jones interrupted with "but it's not the same thing."
Adding: "I don't know what you are unless you tell me what you are, if you're gay," Jones told the�War Room�podcast. "But when I walk in that room, you can tell that I'm Black. I'm Black from cradle to grave, let's not get that confused."
"They can actually change," Jones said, though Newsweek added, "this put him at "odds with LGBT advocates who have said that sexual orientation is what you are born with and not a choice."
"You can go from being straight, to being gay, to being transgender and all these other genders," he said. "But when you Black, I don't have a choice."
"When did gays come over in ships?" he added, referring to the slave trade.
Jones doubled-down with a tweet on Friday. "The Left wants to compare being black to being gay.
"And let me make one thing clear: that's not just a lie.
"It's a damn lie. MLK didn't fight for the right to read to children dressed up as a woman; he fought for REAL equality! Don't confuse it!"
Twitter user Jeanne Vitale was quick to call Jones out for his MLK comment:
"MLK worked closely with Bayard Rustin, an openly gay man, while Coretta Scott King was a gay ally. So I find Vernon Jones' claims to be false, and also hubristic. How dare he claim to speak for Dr. King? #GOPLiesAboutEverything"
Jones is no stranger to controversy. In February, he said�that if elected to the House of Representatives, he would introduce articles of impeachment against President�Joe Biden�and Vice President�Kamala Harris�on his first day in�Congress�for a "betrayal of public trust," writes Newsweek.
But, as the Huffington Post reported, Jones campaign against GOP rival Mike Collins has hit a few snags.
"Former House Speaker House�Newt Gingrich�released a video endorsing Jones earlier this week, then flip-flopped hours later and released a video backing his GOP rival Mike Collins,�CNN reported. The Gingrich team blamed "junior staff" for the mix-up, but it was clearly Gingrich who�spoke on the contradictory videos," writes the Huffington Post.
Jones and Collins are running for an open House seat against a large field of Republican candidates.
The HuffPost adds: "Jones, now a Republican, was a keynote speaker at the 2020 Republican National Convention, and�boasted of his support for Trump�in the presidential election. But he voted Democratic in the primary,�The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported�last month. He also served as a Democratic state representative in Georgia."