I legitimately don’t understand why these groups exist. It’s clear the GOP platform is antithetical to their very existence. And yet, they expect to be treated as equals by the party explicitly not wanting that.

It reminds me of when Trump won his first election by saying he’d protect the LGB, but then did something that was against their interests. A logcabin republican spoke out about it, and was met with “shut up [homophobic f-word]”