New York Magazine has no problem engaging in what leftists would decry as blatant gay shaming, so long as the target is Republican. On Thursday, the paper published its latest hit piece on Republican Rep. George Santos, the freshman lawmaker who, after he was elected in New York’s 3rd congressional district on Long Island, was caught fabricating his resume.
“George Santos, MAGA It Girl,” headlined the article by features writer Shawn McCreesh.
On substance, there’s almost nothing in the more than 3,000-word column to suggest Santos is the new Republican “it girl.” The article is more a feature piece from a mid-level staffer than a snarky profile of the freshman representative, but it’s definitely still both.
McCreesh spent the first quarter of the column complaining that his primary subject wouldn’t offer him an interview, clearly for good reason.
“I crash his table and plead repeatedly for an interview. He crosses his arms and purses his lips,” McCreesh wrote. “It’s not even like I can buy him a drink, because he’s only sipping water and chewing gum. Lots of gum. He spits out catty remarks as though he’s starring in his very own episode of Drag Race.”
It’s easy to imagine the outrage a similar column written about a gay leftist would provoke, branding a scandal-ridden lawmaker as the Democratic Party’s “it girl” who pursed his lips. Feminizing and emasculating gay men by referring to them as female has long been a go-to form of anti-gayness liberals used
