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The Fox News host has championed purchasing firearms for self defense, but he thinks LGBTQ+ people who do it are "nuts."
Jesse Watters supports using firearms for self defense, but he thinks LGBTQ+ people who do it are "nuts."
The Fox News host recently mocked LGBTQ+ people for buying guns as a safety precaution ahead of Donald Trump's second term, claiming that they have no reason to be fearful — in spite of skyrocketing hate crime rates and legislation stripping away queer rights, including the right to equal protection under the law.
"Donald Trump promised to be a fair president to all Americans and to protect them whether they like it or not. But the liberal fringe is convinced that Trump is out to get them," Watters said Monday. "So now hard left, gay activists are strapping up and embracing the amendment liberals love to hate, the Second."
"They're joining groups like the 'Socialist Rifle Association' and the 'Pink Pistols,' which have seen a surge of membership. Why? Many think that a gun is only thing standing in the way between them and concentration camps," he continued.
Watters then referenced an article from The Philadelphia Inquirer which interviewed several new LGBTQ+ gun owners, who cited fear of hate crimes and terror attacks as their motivation. One respondent said: “We’re not looking to arm up and storm the Capitol. We just don’t want to be put in concentration camps.”
"Primetime thinks that's a great idea. Everyone should exercise their Second Amendment right," Watters said. "We just wish they weren't so nuts."
Watters has championed purchasing and using firearms for the purpose of self defense, infamously supporting Kyle Rittenhouse's deadly use of force at a Black Lives Matter rally, and hosting segments on "how to defend yourself with a weapon."
Watters's comment is the latest to enter his string of strange homophobic, misogynistic, and racist remarks on air. He said in a segement of The Five in August that "when a man votes for a woman, he actually transitions into a woman.” He also questioned why “any man would vote Democrat,” claiming that it would have to be because of “mommy issues.”
Watters also said in September that he doesn't like "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," the official military policy which forbid service members from being openly LGBTQ+ between 1993 and 2010, because he "need[s] to know if someone is gay," stating: "I have to know — and they should tell."
