Republicans are engaged in a brutal culture war with itself now

Not content to wage battle against its perceived enemies among liberals, LGBTQ+ people, and people of color, the right-wing has turned its sights inward. To enforce ideological purity, a subgroup of the extremists is intent on attacking some of the key institutions and figures on the right as being insufficiently committed to the cause. It’s the right’s version of cancel culture, except they only cancel their own.

One of the most ludicrous displays of this infighting occurred just last week when Daily Wire host Matt Walsh proclaimed that Fox Corp. was promoting gloryholes.

Of course, the connection between the right-wing broadcast outlet and gay sex in bathrooms was much more tenuous than Walsh let on. As part of Pride Month, Fox Corp., the parent company of Fox News, encouraged employees to read Fairest, a memoir by trans writer Meredith Talusan. The book happens to include a description of a gloryhole, which Walsh interpreted as a how-to meant to indoctrinate employees.

Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk promptly jumped on the outrage bandwagon, looking up “gloryhole” on his laptop on his show to prove his ignorance of the term and describe how disgusted he was by it.

“I don’t understand. Wait, so…

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