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GOP Rep. Andy Ogles of Tennessee said a communications staffer was reprimanded after making a “stupid” and “hurtful” social media post.
“Earlier today while working on the farm, my phone began going crazy because of a post made by a member of my comms team. The post was stupid, hurtful and a complete distraction from my America First focus. The employee has been reprimanded,” Ogles said in a post on Tuesday night.
The House Republican appears to have been referring to a post on his @RepOgles X account that read, “Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuclear Family Month.”
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Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., addresses the New York Young Republican Club’s 113th Annual Gala at Cipriani Wall Street on Dec. 13, 2025 in New York City. (Adam Gray/Getty Images)
Fox News Digital reached out to Ogles’ office on Wednesday.
Gov. Bill Lee signed a resolution that cleared the Tennessee state legislature to designate June 2026 as “Nuclear Family Month.”
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Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee during the 2026 Reagan National Economic Forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., on Friday, May 29, 2026. (Caroline Brehman/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“Homosexuality exists. In America. In fact Andy, you have family, friends, neighbors, colleagues and constituents who are gay and lesbian. It doesn’t make them less than or somehow unworthy of being an American. What an absolutely idiotic statement to make,” Republican Rep. Mike Lawler of New York wrote on X.
Ogles’ post appears to have been deleted from X.
On Monday, Lawler wished a “Happy Pride Month” to those who celebrate it in June.
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Rep. Michael Lawler, R-N.Y., and President Donald Trump during an event inside Eugene Levy Fieldhouse at Rockland Community College in Suffern, N.Y., on Friday, May 22, 2026. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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“June is Pride Month, a time to celebrate love, acceptance, and the freedom to be yourself. Happy Pride Month to all who are celebrating!” Lawler declared in a post on X.
