{"id":9334,"date":"2020-02-19T12:51:31","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T17:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/?p=9334"},"modified":"2020-02-21T11:05:40","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T16:05:40","slug":"aoc-pledges-allegiance-to-drag-queen-culture-and-the-lgbt-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/aoc-pledges-allegiance-to-drag-queen-culture-and-the-lgbt-agenda","title":{"rendered":"AOC Pledges &#8220;Allegiance&#8221; to Drag Queen Culture and the LGBT Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"last-updated\">Last updated on February 21st, 2020 at 11:05 am<\/p>\n<p>Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has been announced as a guest starring judge on the upcoming 12<sup>th<\/sup> season of <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"RuPaul's Drag Race (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/vh1.com\/shows\/rupauls-drag-race\" target=\"_blank\">RuPaul&#8217;s Drag Race<\/a><\/em> on VH-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Christian Post (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpost.com\/news\/aoc-pledges-allegiance-to-the-drag-as-guest-judge-on-ru-pauls-drag-race.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Christian Post<\/a><\/em>, reporting on the Congresswoman&#8217;s appearance, noted that she is not the first high-profile Democrat to share the screen with the parading drag queens: &#8220;In 2018, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California,&nbsp;was featured in an episode of &#8216;RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race All Stars.'&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez tweeted about her appearance on the show, saying it was &#8220;absolutely, 100% a peak experience.&#8221; Linked in the Tweet was a promotional video from VH-1 in which AOC says, &#8220;I&#8217;m Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and I pledge allegiance to the drag.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This was absolutely, 100% a peak experience. <br><br>I am SO excited for the new season. Thank you <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RuPaulsDragRace?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RuPaulsDragRace<\/a> for having me!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/YouBettaVote?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#YouBettaVote<\/a> \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\u270c\ud83c\udffd <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yuD2y7nNw9\">https:\/\/t.co\/yuD2y7nNw9<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1228018284689317888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nor is this the first time AOC has used her rather prominent Twitter presence to advocate for the LGBT agenda. As The Christian Post reports:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Soon after being sworn in,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpost.com\/news\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-mermaids-farting-cows-and-free-money.html?page=2\" target=\"_blank\">Ocasio-Cortez<\/a>&nbsp;told her followers that it was a \u201cgood moment to support the queer community,\u201d specifically Mermaids, a U.K.-based group that pushes trans-ideology.&nbsp;The group is headed by Susie Green, who gained notoriety for taking her 16-year-old son to Thailand to be castrated.&nbsp;<\/p><p>After&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpost.com\/news\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-mermaids-farting-cows-and-free-money.html?page=2\" target=\"_blank\">Ocasio-Cortez<\/a>&nbsp; voiced her support for Mermaids, which encourages the use of puberty blockers and experimental drugs on children suffering gender dysphoria, the group announced on Twitter that they had raised over $275,000 (\u00a3213,000), in part due to Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s involvement. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p> Of course, this &#8220;allegiance&#8221; to radical LGBT activism is one AOC shares with a majority of Democratic lawmakers, including the whole slate of candidates the party has offered up for the presidential nomination in 2020&#8217;s election. Inasmuch as she is seen by many as the face of the future of Democratic politics and policies, however, this latest development should raise concern for anyone who supports traditional norms and values regarding sexuality, marriage, and family. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Congresswoman tweeted a video in which she says, &#8220;I&#8217;m Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and I pledge allegiance to the drag.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":9349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":"\"I'm Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and I pledge allegiance to the drag,\" she tweeted.","format":"standard","video":"","gallery":"","source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override":[{"single_blog_custom":"","sidebar":"","second_sidebar":"","share_position":"","share_float_style":"","post_date_format":"","post_date_format_custom":"","post_reading_time_wpm":"","zoom_button_out_step":"1","zoom_button_in_step":"1","number_popup_post":"1"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"","single_post_gallery_size":""}],"trending_post_position":"","trending_post_label":""},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"513"},"jnews_social_meta":{"fb_title":"","fb_description":"","fb_image":"","twitter_title":"","twitter_description":"","twitter_image":""},"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[804,513],"tags":[1452],"class_list":["post-9334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-entertainment","tag-alexandria-ocasio-cortez"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>AOC Pledges &quot;Allegiance&quot; 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