{"id":506142,"date":"2021-02-08T22:40:01","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T22:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glaad.logalt.net\/tap\/alex-jones\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T22:29:42","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T22:29:42","slug":"alex-jones","status":"publish","type":"gap","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/alex-jones\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/post\/alex-jones-blames-the-orlando-massacre-on-the-lgbt-community\/\">Blamed the Pulse nightclub shooting<\/a> on LGBT communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Said on his now-banned YouTube channel that transgender people using public restrooms that align with their gender identity is about \u201cjacking with\u201d children.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediamatters.org\/donald-trump\/trump-ally-alex-jones-mark-cuban-might-be-lusting-after-donald-trump-latent-gay\">Called Mark Cuban secretly gay<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/alex-jones-michelle-obama-man-proof-infowars-conspiracy-theorist-sandy-hook-a7911996.html\">Accused Michelle Obama<\/a> of secretly being a man.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/327208-alex-jones-targets-schiff-in-anti-gay-tirade\">Went on an anti-gay rant<\/a> against (straight) Congressman Adam Schiff.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediamatters.org\/alex-jones\/trump-ally-alex-jones-lashes-out-hr-mcmaster-suggests-hes-gay-and-leather-daddy\">Called H.R. 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