![]() I did make it abundantly clear to him that killing the effort to advance LGBTQ legislation in Pennsylvania with his weird campaign effort is something that I’d make sure advocates knew about. “LOL in my entire life I’ve never said these things to Tom or anyone else. The only response we got from Sims is from a now-deleted tweet, which read: It’s not as if this was a last-gasp effort for him to get on the right side of an issue. But Murt has a track record of introducing and voting for LGBTQ legislation. Because Murt is not running for re-election, people might think it was introduced at the end of the term to get some form of credit. Here’s one of the reasons that people are giving for the outburst against one of the few Republican allies the LGBTQ community has in Pennsylvania’s Republican-controlled legislature: Murt’s legislation was purely political. Murt said that he wasn’t sure the exact reason for the initial text message, but he suspected that it might have been regarding Murt’s proposal for an LGBTQ Bill of Rights. Murt told the Capital-Star that “the rhetoric was so aggressive and belligerent, it was hostile, and of a threatening nature … in order to protect my family and my staff, I wanted to talk to a police officer.” Murt stated that he was so frightened by the attacks that he called the police. ![]() His language was so vitriolic, I walked outside with the telephone so my family would not hear his obscene language and his repeated use of the f-word.” His language was so loud and profane, my wife heard every word coming though the telephone. ‘I will ruin you.’ ‘You are finished.’ ‘I will get you for this.’ ‘I’m not done with you.’ During the phone call, Murt says that Sims “directly launched a verbal, hostile and threatening attack on me personally, using foul language, screaming at me, and stating that (in this order): In a press release, Murt stated that Sims sent him an “angry” text message, which prompted Murt to call Sims. This is not the first such outburst from Sims, but while he might claim that other outbursts were directed at those who do not support our rights, this time it was aimed at an ally, someone who has consistently been in our corner. Brian Sims, to put it politely, lost his temper with State Rep.
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