Gay Twitter couldn't help but roast President Dwight D. Eisenhower for the manner in which he posed in a resurfaced photograph.
The photo was posted by Twitter account @NormalPresident, which is dedicated to sharing various Presidents and Vice Presidents going about their daily lives during their time in office.
Gay Twitter mocked how the 34th U.S. President from 1953 to 1961 was tightly crossing his legs and leaning to one side while seated in front of the American flag in this June 19, 1945 photo.
\u201cDwight D. Eisenhower poses in front of an American flag. 19th June, 1945.\u201d— Presidents and vice presidents doing normal shit (@Presidents and vice presidents doing normal shit) 1654907280
While it's unfair to suggest someone might be "gay" based on a photo's pose, the President's homophobic policies prompted the LGBTQ+ community to make an exception by ruthlessly roasting Eisenhower.
His administration contributed to the homophobic Lavender Scare—the moral panic of homosexual people in the U.S. government which led to Eisenhower signing Executive Order 10450.
\u201cFrank Kameny was an astronomer working for the U.S. Army Map Service when he was fired.\n\nHe appealed his firing through the judicial system, taking his case as high as the Supreme Court.\n\nKameny also helped lead picket lines outside the White House. \n\nOne of his protest signs:\u201d— National Museum of American History (@National Museum of American History) 1592259190
The President's 1953 directive barred thousands of gay and lesbian applicants from federal employment and it led to the firing of over 5,000 federal employees under suspicion they were gay.
So, gay Twitter didn't feel too bad about relentlessly ribbing the President online.
In this Photoshopped pic, the President appears comfortably at home on the set of RuPaul's Drag Race in the Interior Illusions Lounge.
\u201c@NormaIPresident Dwight D. Eisenhower untucks in the Interior Illusions Lounge. 19th June, 1945.\u201d— Presidents and vice presidents doing normal shit (@Presidents and vice presidents doing normal shit) 1654907280
\u201c@NormaIPresident you sure he isn\u2019t a guest judge on drag race?\u201d— Presidents and vice presidents doing normal shit (@Presidents and vice presidents doing normal shit) 1654907280
\u201cDwight Eisenhower at his friend's birthday party June 4th, 1945.\u201d— Kit Kittredge (@Kit Kittredge) 1655121931
\u201cMessage from Dwight D. Eisenhower for Pride Month:\n\nI want YOU to SERVE, bitches!\u201d— Isaac Reyes (@Isaac Reyes) 1655058709
\u201cDwight D. Eisenhower, shantay you stay. Harry S. Truman, sashay away.\u201d— tony (@tony) 1654999083
And the hits kept coming.
\u201c@NormaIPresident Oh he is SERVING in these Brunello Cucinelli Oxblood single monk strap loafers with sheer socks\u201d— Presidents and vice presidents doing normal shit (@Presidents and vice presidents doing normal shit) 1654907280
\u201c@fruitdotzip Eisenhower be like.\u201d— fruitzip (@fruitzip) 1654914562
\u201cThe \u201cD.\u201d in \u201cDwight D. Eisenhower\u201d stands for Diva\u201d— babe, pig im the city (@babe, pig im the city) 1654991559
\u201cHow Dwight D. Eisenhower talks\u201d— Matty (@Matty) 1655000752
\u201c@NormaIPresident was he, you know\u201d— Presidents and vice presidents doing normal shit (@Presidents and vice presidents doing normal shit) 1654907280
\u201cMelody Top Theatre's Summer Stock Season kicks off with Dwight D. Eisenhower in Cole Porter's Something For The Boys!\u201d— Marc Bonanni (@Marc Bonanni) 1654983969
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\u201cWhat he wore to war\u201d— FL!P THAT \u203c\ufe0f\u203c\ufe0f\u22a5\u2200HM OS\ud83c\udf19\ud83d\udcab (@FL!P THAT \u203c\ufe0f\u203c\ufe0f\u22a5\u2200HM OS\ud83c\udf19\ud83d\udcab) 1654994520
\u201c@NormaIPresident Oh bitch, he KNEW he was slaying like a kween boss, yaaasss huntyyyy\u201d— Presidents and vice presidents doing normal shit (@Presidents and vice presidents doing normal shit) 1654907280
\u201cSecret Service escorting him out after the photo shoot\u201d— Fweedom Walker (@Fweedom Walker) 1655061250
\u201c@NormaIPresident so many pride pins \ud83e\udd70\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\u201d— Presidents and vice presidents doing normal shit (@Presidents and vice presidents doing normal shit) 1654907280
Gay Twitter has no patience for political figures—past or present—known for their homophobic policies.
What they do have, however, is plenty of shade for the President who's sitting pretty.
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