Gabby Giffords' Hero Intern Hit With Anti-Gay Smear Tactics
LatestDaniel Hernandez Jr., one of Gabrielle Giffords’ former interns who performed lifesaving first aid on the Arizona Congresswoman after she was was shot in 2011, is now an elected member of a Tucson-area school board. That’s all great news — except now he’s being targeted by an anti-gay smear campaign that’s several shades of stupid, ugly, and tired.
The saga is a little confusing in the fashion of local politics, but basically four of the five members of the school board are facing recall:
On one side are the two opponents of superintendent Manuel Isquierdo — including Hernandez. On the other side are the superintendent’s supporters, who include board president Louie Gonzales. Hernandez and fellow board member Buck Crouch voted against extending Isquierdo’s contract in June, after news broke about his financial and legal issues.
Community members launched a recall effort against Gonzales and another Isquierdo supporter, Bobby Garcia, a month ago. Last week, supporters of Gonzales began a retaliatory recall effort against Hernandez and Crouch.
Hernandez is openly gay, and so naturally some brainiacs decided to make fliers that are all OMG HE’S GAY EWWWWW.