On Saturday, former first lady Melania Trump, along with Log Cabin Republicans, is scheduled to hold a fundraiser in Mar-a-Lago, West Palm Beach, Florida. This move signals former President Trump’s ongoing effort to court LGBT voters, who are traditionally leaning toward the Democratic Party, away from Joe Biden before the 2024 general election.
Trump’s former acting director of national intelligence, Richard Grenell, will also be present at the event. Grenell is also the first openly gay person to serve in a Cabinet-level position.
The Log Cabin Republicans described their organization as “the nation’s largest Republican organization dedicated to representing LGBT conservatives and allies.”
On its website, the organization has noted that for “more than 40 years, we have promoted the fight for equality through our state and local chapters, our full-time office in Washington, D.C., and our federal and state political action committees.”
An article by the Washington Examiner highlighted that LGBT voters made up 7 percent of the total number of voters in the 2020 elections; these numbers constitute a notable amount to influence the upcoming elections.
In 2020, 93 percent of the LGBT voters participated in the elections.
Their demographic now constitutes 8 percent of the adult population, while 20 percent of Generation Z identify as members of the LGBT community.
About 14 percent of gay voters favored Trump in the previous election, doubling the votes garnered by Trump in 2016.
According to Charles Moran, president of the Log Cabin organization, he believes that Trump can multiply LGBT votes this year.
Moran highlighted Trump’s appointment of Grenell, his commitments to end the HIV epidemic, and global advocacy to end the criminalization of homosexuality.
“The mainstream media and even the gay media don’t report on this now because there’s this narrative that exists that Donald Trump is anti-gay,” Moran said.
He further remarked that Trump was the first president to back gay marriage even before he was sworn into office.
“Let’s not forget to look at Donald Trump as an individual. This is a man who has a long history—philanthropically, businesswise, and politically—of supporting LGBT inclusion,” Moran noted.
“He talks publicly about how he went to Studio 54 back in the day, and how he had a lot of gay friends in New York social circles, and in the ’80s, he had a lot of friends that died because of HIV/AIDS.”
An online survey with 600 LGBT voters led by the Independent Center found that 54 percent of respondents remarked that they would vote for Biden, while 28 percent would “definitely” vote for Trump.
“Yes, you will have Democrats who will earn a vast majority of the LGBT vote, but it’s not going to be overwhelming. And, again, we are now seeing the majority of gay voters saying, ‘Look, I’m going to look at other things just as equally for my vote as I do LGBT issues,’ which shows a real maturity among LGBT voters,” Moran pressed.
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