In short
The episode discusses an alleged gay-sex dating-profile scandal involving U.S. Senator Benny Marino (reported by the AP in March 2024) and connects it to other accusations about Marino’s family. The host claims Marino used a work email to create a dating profile seeking gay sex, and argues Republican leaders are “closeted” and protect secrets rather than defend abused relatives. Key claims include that Marino’s former son-in-law, Max Miller, abused the senator’s daughter and granddaughter, including allegations of scalding water and a child’s broken collarbone, plus a restraining order against Miller. Notable examples cited: Miller’s bizarre denial video; Marino family’s statement about “erratic and dangerous behavior”; and comparisons to JD Vance and other politicians.
Guests
none named as interviewees; the host references reporting by Ali San Marco and mentions “Jennifer” and “Kylie” as voices/sources.
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Tap a time to open that second in VOUncovering the Gay Republican Scandal
0:01 to 0:20
Explore the complexities of a recent scandal involving a senator's hidden life.
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Uncovering the Gay Republican Scandal
1:05 to 14:00
Explore the complexities of a recent scandal involving a senator's hidden life.
“We've got us another gay Republican scandal, and I love it.”
Critique of Republican Views on LGBTQ+ Issues
14:00 to 14:49
Discussion on the hypocrisy and behavior of some Republicans regarding LGBTQ+ representation.
“We have all of the people who have done the work that actually the gay people that I know are fighting for all of your closet asses.”
Critique of Republican Views on LGBTQ+ Issues
15:10 to 15:54
Discussion on the hypocrisy and behavior of some Republicans regarding LGBTQ+ representation.
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Transcript
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1:05Angie Sullivan:All right, sound the sirens. We've got us another gay Republican scandal, and I love it. All right, pop this up. Ali San Marco is doing incredible, incredible reporting on this story right now. So Benny Marino, he is a U.S. senator who's a real asshole who did the whole to Fauci. Who the fuck do you think you are? He tried to play tough guy, right? In March of 2024, the AP reported that he used a work email to create a dating profile looking for gay sex. Max Miller, who is his former son-in-law who abused the senator's daughter, has some dirt on him. And here's what I want to say. Every political party has homosexuality in it.
1:55Angie Sullivan:Okay. The Democrats have the cool gays because they're out of the closet. They're not ashamed of who they are. We love them for who they are. We accept them for who they are. We accept whatever pronouns they use because we're not petty idiots. The Republican party has a shit ton of homosexuality in it, but they're all closeted. And if any of you have ever been to therapy, and trust me, I've been to a lot of it. The number one thing your therapist teaches you is that secrets keep you sick. So the Republican party is a party full of closeted men that have dirty secrets that wouldn't be dirty anywhere else in the world, but within that group, it is.
2:38Angie Sullivan:And we are all, these secrets are damaging our country. And I'm not saying Josh Hawley or Moses Mike Grindr Johnson or J.D. Vance, the late Lady Graham. I'm not saying they're gay. I'm just saying if I had to bet my entire net worth house kids, dogs, that their Google search history, Pornhub history, grinder history would turn up that when rubber hits the road, they like same sex attraction. I would take all of that bet because I have excellent gaydar. And so here we have another situation where these closeted, secretive, sexually repressed Republicans like to get on TV and grandstand like they're tough guys.
3:28Angie Sullivan:And then behind the scenes, it's, you know, It's crotch grabbing. That's what's going on. Schlapped my ass, as they say. You know what? When this story broke, it was so interesting to me because I'm like, you have allegations against a sitting senator's daughter and granddaughter. And they're not just physical abuse allegations. They are scalding water poured on the senator's daughter. Senator, you have a broken collarbone of a two-year-old. That is stunning. And it was crickets for so, so long from Senator Moreno. And I was like, that seems bizarro to me. What kind of a man? And you know what it took me back to, Jennifer?
4:20Jennifer, when you went crazy on Fox News and everywhere else, because you said very factually correct, that J.D. Vance, despite having an Indian wife and mixed race children, that J.D. Vance would not defend them because of his party. And I'm thinking, why is this man not defending his daughter. He is in a position of power. Why is he not defending his granddaughter? Because he would sell out anybody. So it's no wonder he would sell out his constituents, because again, he's failing to protect his own daughter and granddaughter for weeks and weeks and weeks. And we did see a little bit of difference, but now we know why.
5:08And you're exactly right on why he's not protecting them or coming out to stand up for them because he has secrets. Right.
5:19Angie Sullivan:This guy is gay. I mean, clearly. And we have a group of men governing the United States of America right now. I mean, we've all seen Trump is as bisexual as it gets. I mean, I mean, let's just, you know, he's given microphones, blowjobs, the interior design projects constantly, you know, you're so hot, you're so good looking. I mean, it basically was drooling all over Zoran Mondani. And I mean, like the Republican press was storming out, it was so hilarious. But these men are so broken, and they have so many secrets. And there's a ripple effect to this. And it in order for this guy to keep his secret, he will throw his wife and his daughter under the bus.
5:59Angie Sullivan:And I have seen this so many times in Oklahoma, the most Christian conservative people I know and the shit they will expose their kids to is shocking to me. I've always been so shocked by it because they're this sect, this type of Christianity. Those of you that are Presbyterian, those of you that are Episcopalian, I'm not talking to you. I'm talking about this mega church culture where people are really, really broken, hyper, hyper, hyper obsessed with the number one thing they need to teach their children is don't have sex. It's it's this laser focus on something that we are genetically hardwired to do, which is to screw.
6:39Angie Sullivan:That's what that's what our species does. And they pick the one thing that is like involuntary, you know, desires that we have. And then you put a gay person on top of that. And then this is what you have. He will not stand up for his wife for his daughter for his granddaughter, just like JD Vance will not condemn racism because these guys have secrets. All of them have secrets. And think about it like this in terms of like Benjamin Netanyahu and Vladimir Putin. They probably knew this shit a long, long time ago. And think about what they know on all of these, the governing class of all of these guys.
7:20Angie Sullivan:It's really, really sick stuff. Well, here is the son-in-law of Bernie Marino. And this is the alleged wife abuser and child abuser. And this is allegedly, but here he is. Play the clip. These are incredibly serious criminal accusations. And if these accusations were true, I would be in jail. I would be. My former wife would not be, would not have been offering to cook me dinner and inviting me to playgrounds. Think about that. And I certainly would not have joint custody of my daughter. Okay, this is a tactic that a lot of abusers use, that if what I did was so bad, then why did she call? This is the same tactic that Republicans use all of the time, that women shouldn't be wearing short skirts or then they deserved it and obviously that guy right there is a completely broken person this is my personal opinion i believe the woman here um this is an example of what goes on in these mega church households behind closed doors my experience growing up in Oklahoma City is the bigger the Christians, the bigger the secrets.
8:46Angie Sullivan:And the most religious people I knew were engaged in the most depraved behavior and the biggest cover-ups. And then just this really bizarre denial, like it wasn't happening. And of course, as you dig into Moses Mike Grinder Johnson's background, Josh Hawley's background, J.D. Vance's background, this guy's background, these are people that want to preserve they want to preserve their positions in power they want to preserve their secrets because they're emotionally stunted sexually repressed people that should be nowhere near power these people need to be impatient somewhere these are really disturbed broken individuals well and it's also insulting that it is a cycle of abuse like he didn't just pour boiling water on her one time and it just came out of nowhere and that was it.
9:42This has been a cycle. And in my divorce practice, you see so many women that are treated so poorly, but they want to keep the peace and they want to please. So they do things they know are wrong because they think it's going to fix it because they are so compromised emotionally. And just a couple of things I'll add to this. This is a man that has no accountability for his behavior. He has a restraining order against him. That is a high bar of evidence to tell someone, you can't go around this person. And then in terms of the Christian signaling and the secrets, this man, I have been in a marriage where we had secrets and cover up.
10:25And I can tell you that his lack of accountability in that video seems familiar to me. It is the fault of everyone else. He didn't do it. And the reality is that is a through line throughout this administration, throughout the megachurch culture is we don't have to be accountable for our behavior. We've squared it with the higher power. And I look at this man and I get the tinglys that he does not see his behavior as wrong. He believes that he does not have to be accountable. And then you see Mike Johnson in light of all of these allegations against Miller. He's like, well, I don't know. It's just accusations.
11:08He is ready to cover up for it. And it is just absolutely what the Republicans do. Hit a woman, hit a kid, you know, rape a child. We don't give a shit as long as we stay in power. All right.
11:22Angie Sullivan:And then finally, the Marino family finally speaks out on the accusations against Miller. Kylie popped this up. Here's the senator. As a father and husband, I can tell you the last two years have been pure hell for my wife, Bridget, our daughter, Emily, me and our entire family in the aftermath of Emily's divorce. It has been horrific to watch this play out in full public view, all while knowing an innocent two-year-old girl is caught in the middle. Our priority has always been protecting our daughter and our granddaughter out of concern for the safety of my family. I hope to keep this matter private, but Max Miller's increasingly erratic and dangerous behavior has made that impossible.
12:01Angie Sullivan:Yak, yak, blah, blah. And I just want to leave it with, this is a guy who, you know, last week thought he was really big, 10 foot tall and bulletproof going after Dr. Fauci, an 85 year old public servant. And the reason they're doing that, you guys, is because they have nothing else to run on. This guy right here, more than likely, is a homosexual, a closeted homosexual. And remember, I started this episode, both political parties have gay people in them. The Democrats just have the proud gaze. That's why we have Pride Month and pride parades. This group, these are the shameful people that cannot do the work, that do not have the emotional stability or the emotional depth to be who they authentically are.
12:56Angie Sullivan:And they probably came from families equally as toxic as their behavior now, which further exacerbates them into the closet. And we have to keep fighting this fight for everybody. I mean, in this world, in this little microcosm of this guy right here, this dad has a secret. He thought he was a big, tough guy, 10 foot tall and bulletproof. Who the fuck do you think you are to Dr. Fauci? Meanwhile, he's on gay sites, which I don't give a shit about because I'm not a religious sexual hypocrite. But if you're voting against gay people and you're trying to distract from the fact that Donald Trump is cankles deep in the Epstein files and meanwhile, you can't stand up to your daughter's abuser, but you can stand up to Dr.
13:44Angie Sullivan:Fauci. These men are such cowards because they have so many secrets. And Trump being in his deathbed confession era we're seeing his bisexuality come into full focus in full bloom he doesn't he's out of fucks to give he sees somebody's like he's hot i like that guy he's attractive you know because he doesn't give a shit anymore but these these broken gay people in the republican party riley gains uh jesse waters listen you got more you got tons of gays over there on your side Big Titty Brian, who wants to be a trans bimbo slut named Crystal. We have all the cool ones. We have all of the people who have done the work that actually the gay people that I know are fighting for all of your closet asses.
14:37Angie Sullivan:They're doing nothing but raining hellfire down on yourselves, your daughter, your granddaughter. But oh, yeah, you're a tough guy standing up to an 85 year old Dr. Fauci. What a pussy. All right. That's all we have. I'm still on vacation, but now I've morphed it into a working vacation. Like, subscribe, order my book. We'll be back later with more news.
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