Republican lawmakers blasted a homophobic post that appeared on GOP Rep. Andy Ogles’ X account on Tuesday, saying it was “gross,” “disgusting,” a distraction and had no place in their party.

The now-deleted comment, which received pushback from both Democrats and Republicans, read: “Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuclear Family Month.”

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The congressman stopped short of apologizing, blaming the ‘hurtful’ message on one of his communications staffers

An anti-Pride Month message saying “homosexuality has no place in America” was deleted following a cross-party backlash.

An anti-Pride Month message saying “homosexuality has no place in America” was deleted following a cross-party backlash.

Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) blamed the post on a member of his comms team, saying it was "a complete distraction from my America First focus."

Representative Andy Ogles of Tennessee chose an unorthodox way to mark Pride month: by tweeting, ‘Homosexuality has no place in America’

Republican lawmakers blasted a homophobic post that appeared on GOP Rep. Andy Ogles’ X account on Tuesday, saying it was “gross,” “disgusting,” a distraction and had no place in…

When Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles posted Tuesday that “homosexuality has no place in America,” it wasn’t the first time he declared a certain group of people didn’t belong in the…