A MAGA-hat-wearing millionaire from Wyoming running for the state’s sole House seat is being forced to sue members of his own party over allegations of a secret whisper campaign and an anti-gay slur, according to a new report.
Reid Rasner, an openly-gay 42-year-old financial adviser and avid Trump supporter, is pursuing legal action against fellow Republicans he claims spread rumors accusing him of sexual misconduct—allegations he characterizes as baseless attacks rooted in homophobia, according to Semafor’s Dave Weigel.
According to his reporting, on Friday, Rasner is expected to settle one defamation case against an Iowa resident who repeatedly labeled him a “pedophile” across social media. He’s also actively litigating against a former Wyoming GOP state senator whom he claims “orchestrated a whisper campaign” of sexual misconduct allegations. “I’ve never experienced anything like this in my entire life,” Rasner lamented in an interview. “This just isn’t the Wyoming I knew or thought I knew. The state needs to come to terms with the hate and ignorance that’s fueled death threats and violence against me, all because of my sexuality.”
According to Weigel, Rasner national profile jumped when “he got some national attention for publicizing a personal $47 billion bid to buy TikTok,offering a ‘clean break from China”’on the president’s terms.”
Internal polling conducted for a rival Republican campaign revealed the effectiveness of anti-LGBTQ+ messaging, according to the report. When voters were informed that Rasner had married his husband in New York, his support cratered. Despite trailing by single digits before that disclosure, the revelation sent his numbers plummeting, the report notes. Rasner, who has invested $1.2 million of his personal fortune in his political campaigns, expressed regret about not taking legal action sooner. “Everyone told me: Don’t file lawsuits,” he said. “I should have filed them on day one.”
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