{"id":506108,"date":"2021-02-05T20:01:50","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T20:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glaad.logalt.net\/tap\/andy-biggs\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T22:29:43","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T22:29:43","slug":"andy-biggs","status":"publish","type":"gap","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/andy-biggs\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Biggs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepAndyBiggsAZ\/status\/1505904249418534921?s=20&amp;t=6GGuBCw1hAKD5YfHFqKlgw\">Tweeted<\/a> support&nbsp;for the suspended Babylon Bee twitter account&#8217;s misgendering of four star admiral <a href=\"\/releases\/glaad-congratulates-dr-rachel-levine-her-confirmation-assistant-secretary-health-nations\">Rachel Levine<\/a> who is&nbsp;United States assistant secretary for health. He misgendered Levine in his own tweet as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/news\/local\/arizona-investigations\/2021\/01\/13\/biggs-points-finger-antifa-new-videos-show-his-ties-stop-steal\/6645979002\/\">Led efforts<\/a> to fraudulently overturn the 2020 presidential election, leading up to the deadly siege at the U.S. Capitol. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/news\/politics\/arizona\/2021\/01\/10\/paul-gosar-andy-biggs-credited-video-organizing-trump-crowd-dc\/6603721002\/\">Reports<\/a> say Biggs helped organize the rally that led to the siege, while he lied and accused, without evidence, that antifa were partly to blame for the riot.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/rep-andy-biggs-voted-against-coronavirus-bill-because-it-gives-sick-leave-same-sex-partners-1493140?fbclid=IwAR0I93J1lyFmo-MsnIgPkymIeCZnPSQSID49EuaQyQzItAdMDY9-ACwWQhQ\">Voted against the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA)<\/a> in 2020 because it included provisions for domestic partnerships and same-sex relationships. \u201cThey&#8217;ve redefined family for the first time in a piece of federal legislation to include committed relationships,\u201d Biggs<a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2020\/03\/17\/coronavirus-stimulus-bill-andy-biggs\/\"> falsely claimed<\/a>\u2014the same language has been included in proposed legislation as far back as 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2020\/03\/17\/coronavirus-stimulus-bill-andy-biggs\/\">Called the <em>Obergefell v. Hodges<\/em> decision an attempt to \u201credefine marriage\u201d <\/a>and \u201can affront to the millions of Americans who believe marriage is between a man and a woman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.phoenixnewtimes.com\/news\/andy-biggs-other-politicos-tied-to-gilbert-religious-group-labeled-as-anti-gay-hate-group-by-southern-poverty-law-center-6654888\">Was a policy advisor to United Families International<\/a>, identified by the Southern Poverty Law Center as an anti-LGBTQ hate group that opposes marriage equality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":435,"featured_media":506109,"template":"","categories":[138754],"tags":[],"region":[138565],"hashtag":[138636,138632],"class_list":{"0":"post-506108","1":"gap","2":"type-gap","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"category-gaps","7":"region-national","8":"hashtag-anti-transgender","9":"hashtag-politics"},"aioseo_notices":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 4.8.1.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u2014Tweeted support for the suspended Babylon Bee twitter account&#039;s misgendering of four star admiral Rachel Levine who is United States assistant secretary for health. 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