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IronLionZion

(50,004 posts)
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 10:00 AM Monday

MAGA Hopeful Ditches Gubernatorial Race Over Trans Porn Claims

https://www.thedailybeast.com/wisconsin-maga-hopeful-bill-berrien-backs-out-of-gubernatorial-race-over-trans-porn-claims/

archive link if anyone needs it https://archive.ph/gn4P3

Republican Gubernatorial hopeful Bill Berrien had been in the running to become Wisconsin’s next leader, before the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported on the former Navy seal’s apparent enthusiasm for adult content creators on Medium, of all places. Among the accounts Berrien followed was one belonging to Jiz Lee, an influential queer pornstar who was born a woman but uses they/them pronouns. Berrien’s since pulled out of the race, issuing a lengthy statement in which he said it was “in the best interest of the party, voters, donors, and my family” that he’s now “decided to end my campaign,” adding somewhat bizarrely he had “no idea that running for political office could be almost as dangerous [as] hunting down war criminals in Bosnia.” His withdrawal bears certain similarity to the controversy surrounding former GOP lieutenant governor of North Carolina Mark Robinson, who was exposed last year for frequenting transgender porn sites, as well as identifying online as a “Black Nazi” and expressing support for slavery as something that should be “brought back.”


MAGA Candidate Gets Busted for X-Rated Web Habits

https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-wisconsin-guv-candidate-followed-x-rated-accounts-online/
https://archive.ph/dH96S
A MAGA devotee running for Wisconsin governor who espouses conservative family values and backs President Donald Trump followed sexually explicit accounts online, including a transgender porn star.


What is it with these MAGA Republicans? They're obsessed with this kind of stuff.
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BOSSHOG

(43,750 posts)
1. Trans Porn. Oh My, what would the wife say?
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 10:11 AM
Monday

Doesn’t it seem MAGA whiners get all uppity when they decide not to run for office as themselves. The horrors. “Hunting down war criminals in Bosnia? Lying incessantly about liberals. Pretending to be Christian. Yo Dude, just tell your wife no more porn for you. It won’t matter if you lie. You are “what” you are.

sop

(16,234 posts)
2. "No idea that running for political office could be almost as dangerous [as] hunting down war criminals in Bosnia."
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 10:20 AM
Monday

Berrien is a former Navy SEAL.

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(11,414 posts)
4. And for what? For reading!" Berrien said. "Nothing illegal, nothing unethical, and nothing immoral. Just reading. Wouldn
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 10:43 AM
Monday

And for what? For reading!” Berrien said. “Nothing illegal, nothing unethical, and nothing immoral. Just reading. Wouldn’t you want your political and business leaders (and all of society, frankly) to be widely read and thoughtful and aware of different perspectives and ideas?”

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