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June 19, 2014

Ex-Montana Gov. Schweitzer Jeopardizes Potential Run with Cantor, Feinstein Comments 
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Former Montana Democratic governor and potential presidential hopeful
Brian Schweitzer has been quoted using homophobic and sexist language in
comments about high-profile lawmakers. An article in National Journal
quotes Schweitzer speculating about the sexuality of outgoing House
Majority Leader Eric Cantor, saying: "Men in the South, they are a
little effeminate. They just have effeminate mannerisms. If you were
just a regular person, you turned on the TV, and you saw Eric Cantor
talking, I would say — and I'm fine with gay people, that's all
right — but my gaydar is 60-70 percent. But he's not, I think, so
I don't know. Again, I couldn't care less. I'm accepting." In the
article, Schweitzer also criticizes Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein for
her staunch defense of U.S. surveillance programs by saying: "She was
the woman who was standing under the streetlight with her dress pulled
all the way up over her knees and now she says, 'I'm a nun,' when it
comes to this spying! I mean, maybe that's the wrong metaphor —
but she was all in." Schweitzer's name has been floated as a potential
Democratic presidential candidate in 2016.

 

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