{"id":35050,"date":"2018-12-19T12:53:48","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T20:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=35050"},"modified":"2018-12-19T12:53:48","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T20:53:48","slug":"republicans-on-parade-12-19-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/12\/19\/republicans-on-parade-12-19-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans on Parade – 12\/19\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here is the one hundred forty-fourth article in our Republicans on Parade series, featuring individuals who personify what the Republican Party has become. Today\u2019s honoree is Republican DOJ Public Affairs Director appointee Kerri Kupec. She is so honored for substituting Republican Supply-side pseudo-Christian hatred against LGBT Americans for fair equal treatment.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"1219Kupec\"A top job in the Department of Justice may seem out of reach for a graduate of a bottom-tier law school, but if that bottom-tier law school is Jerry Falwell\u2019s Liberty University,<\/a> Donald Trump is president, and said graduate embraces a future of hatemongering, the sky is the limit. Just ask Kerri Kupec, the recently appointed director of the Office of Public Affairs at the Justice Department.<\/a><\/p>\n

Kupec, a 2011 Liberty Law grad [pseudo-Christians delinked<\/em>], is perfect for her new position, which opened up after the ouster of Attorney General Jeff Sessions just after the midterm elections. Kupec replaces Sarah Isgur Flores,<\/a> a longtime Sessions ally, according to the Daily Beast; Flores now works for Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein\u2026.<\/p>\n

\u2026So how does a fairly recent graduate of a subpar law school find herself in such a crucial PR position? For Kupec, it took years of hard work spreading homophobia and the right-wing agenda through the Alliance Defending Freedom [GOP hate group delinked<\/em>], a nonprofit that describes itself as \u201can alliance for victory,\u201d founded because \u201cChristian leaders \u2026 recognized that Christians \u2026 needed to unite in order to defend religious freedom before it was too late.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Southern Poverty Law Center, on the other hand, has identified the ADF as an anti-LGBTQ hate group.<\/a> <\/p>\n

(T)he Alliance Defending Freedom is a legal advocacy and training group that has supported the recriminalization of homosexuality in the U.S. and criminalization abroad; has defended state-sanctioned sterilization of trans people abroad; has linked homosexuality to pedophilia and claims that a \u201chomosexual agenda\u201d will destroy Christianity and society. ADF also works to develop \u201creligious liberty\u201d legislation and case law that will allow the denial of goods and services to LGBT people on the basis of religion.<\/p>\n

Since the election of President Donald Trump, the ADF has become one of the most influential groups informing the administration\u2019s attack on LGBT rights working with an ally in Attorney General Jeff Sessions.<\/p>\n

The SPLC also notes that the ADF is essentially a farm system for the conservative machine in D.C.<\/p>\n

Kupec has spent the last four years as a mouthpiece [GOP hate group delinked<\/em>] for the powerful organization, typically ranting about supposed attacks on religious freedom on such respected networks as the Christian Broadcasting Network and Fox News. The new DOJ OPA director also made the rounds on the Christian college keynote circuit…<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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She is now responsible with how DOJ interacts with the media.<\/font><\/p>\n

The article included a video<\/a> of her defending unequal treatment of a gay couple.  Watch her talk of love, while spewing hateful lies.<\/font><\/p>\n