The right wing's annual Pride Month freak-out over the existence of LGBTQ+ people has gotten an early start this year. A Republican congressional hopeful lamented there is a gay character in the new Disney movie Cruella.
GOP politician Omar Navarro—whose previous claim to fame was his Congressional election losing streak—has now also become famous for having a homophobic panic about the character of Artie, which Navarro claimed "ruined [his] childhood."
Unsurprisingly, Navarro's hysterical outcry drew very little sympathy from the internet.
The new Disney Cruella with Emma Stone just ruined my childhood with an openly flamboyant gay in the movie. \n\nDisney persist shoving the LGBT agenda down our throat.— Omar Navarro (@Omar Navarro) 1622431404
In a tweet posted over the Memorial Day weekend, Navarro was apoplectic about the new Disney film starring Emma Stone as the infamous title character and celebrated British stage actor John McCrea as Artie.
Artie, a gender-bending, Ziggy Stardust-esque presumably gay man, runs Cruella's favorite London vintage clothing shop.
This all seems fairly innocuous, right?
That is, unless you're Omar Navarro, who took to Twitter and talked about Artie as if he were the single greatest personal trauma to ever befall Navarro in all of his 32 years.
Navarro tweeted:
"The new Disney Cruella with Emma Stone just ruined my childhood with an openly flamboyant gay in the movie."
"Disney persist shoving the LGBT agenda down our throat."
And they say gay men are dramatic.
It's worth noting Artie's sexuality is never once actually discussed in Cruella. That likely doesn't matter to Navarro, who is perhaps angling for homophobic pearl-clutching to finally deliver him a victory at the ballot box in 2022.
Navarro is once again running for the 43rd District of California's seat in the House of Representatives, where he will challenge incumbent Maxine Waters for the fourth time and, in all likelihood, lose for the fourth time too.
Navarro tried a similar tack back in 2019, when he went ballistic over The Disney Channel including a bisexual character on its show The Owl House. Waters beat him then, too, but maybe a second homophobic freak-out's the charm?
In any case, the internet wasn't having it.
They roasted Navarro to a smoldering crisp.
Shut up and swallowhttps://twitter.com/RealOmarNavarro/status/1399204839247147017\u00a0\u2026— Ellen Barkin (@Ellen Barkin) 1622474316
"California, as your representative I promise I will cry about movies for children"https://twitter.com/RealOmarNavarro/status/1399204839247147017\u00a0\u2026— Ethan Winters' Death Scream (@Ethan Winters' Death Scream) 1622480892
imagine booting up Cruella like hell yeah this one is for the straightshttps://twitter.com/realomarnavarro/status/1399204839247147017\u00a0\u2026— Kate Halliwell (@Kate Halliwell) 1622483190
Gotta be a horrible experience to go to a movie with your heart set on enjoying some good ol' puppy skinnin' and some gay dude walks by and ruins everything. https://twitter.com/RealOmarNavarro/status/1399204839247147017\u00a0\u2026— Ragnarok Lobster (@Ragnarok Lobster) 1622474501
The LGBT agenda ruined a beautiful movie about turning puppies into coatshttps://twitter.com/realomarnavarro/status/1399204839247147017\u00a0\u2026— Marie Connor (@Marie Connor) 1622497613
I, too, had a very very normal and extremely heterosexual childhood that was entirely constructed around Cruella DeVil.https://twitter.com/RealOmarNavarro/status/1399204839247147017\u00a0\u2026— Mark Harris (@Mark Harris) 1622480936
I hate to break it to you, but if your childhood memories hinge upon the casting in a garish comedic backstory about Cruella de Vil, you might actually be gay.https://twitter.com/RealOmarNavarro/status/1399204839247147017\u00a0\u2026— Bob Cesca (@Bob Cesca) 1622491654
Genuinely fascinated by anyone whose childhood was reliant on preserving the myth of heterosexual exclusivity in the Cruella origin story.https://twitter.com/RealOmarNavarro/status/1399204839247147017\u00a0\u2026— Franklin Leonard (@Franklin Leonard) 1622480308
these openly flamboyant gays really have ruined the otherwise wholesome film about a coat made from hundreds of skinned puppieshttps://twitter.com/RealOmarNavarro/status/1399204839247147017\u00a0\u2026— Dan Hett (@Dan Hett) 1622484769
Wow, you have reached peak Snowflake, Omar.https://twitter.com/realomarnavarro/status/1399204839247147017\u00a0\u2026— Titus (@Titus) 1622484309
Aside from panicking about gay people, Navarro also served time for violating a restraining order an ex-girlfriend filed against him.
We wish him all the best in his upcoming run for public office.
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