Newsmax Pundit Urges Conservatives to ‘Be More Homophobic’

Conservatives need to “be more homophobic” and “take it up a notch,” a right-wing pundit said Wednesday night on Newsmax, claiming “this is a war between good and evil” and people need to “stand tall.”

The call for heightened bigotry against the LGBTQ community came during a discussion in which Newsmax host Eric Bolling and his guests raged against Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine, who has frequently been the target of right-wing attacks for being transgender and for her advocacy for gender-affirming care.

With conservative media centering much of its content on fear-mongering about “groomers,” as Republicans continue to push anti-trans legislation, the latest outrage lighting up the right-wing ecosphere revolves around Levine praising Identity Alaska, a gender clinic in Alaska. Soon after, Fox News and other conservative outlets noted that the clinic promotes gender-inclusive education guides that suggest replacing the word “mother” with “egg producer” or “birth parent.”

Read more at The Daily Beast.