The Senate Appropriations Committee's recent decision to vote on a spending bill has sparked controversy due to a $1M earmark intended for renovating an LGBTQ Center in Pennsylvania, known for hosting BDSM and sex fetish parties. Senators John Fetterman and Bob Casey, initially in support, have withdrawn their backing following public outcry and scrutiny from various social media platforms, notably Libs of TikTok. The Senate voted unanimously to remove the earmark, with Fetterman later claiming his support was due to a staff oversight. This incident has raised broader questions about the transparency and priorities within the current legislative process, as well as the influence of social media, particularly Libs of TikTok, on political decisions.
LibsofTikTok accused the center of hosting “BDSM and s*x k*nk parties.” That same day, two Democrats withdrew their support for funding. #LGBTQ 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦: https://t.co/heyo1jBey4
Democratic senators have moved to cancel a million-dollar earmark for an LGBTQ center in Philadelphia after a social media report said the place hosted “play parties.” #TWTFrontPage https://t.co/cVS0D63PaN
Two Democratic Senators Strip Support For LGBTQ Center Following 'Libs Of Tik Tok' Smear https://t.co/ne2Dqx8NqC
This is effectively central bank digital currency for livestock. “Plan to Track Cows Raises Alarm Bells With Republicans” The omnibus includes text that allocates $15 million to "related infrastructure" needed for electronically tracking livestock. https://t.co/p0IiLiVcSc
Primetime combed through the half-trillion dollar spending bill the House just passed. It includes funding for gay fetish parties, cow ankle monitors, bus stop equity and climate change curriculum for kindergarteners. https://t.co/hki3SpSNv6
INSANE: @SenBobCasey and @SenFettermanPA sought an earmark to give funding to an LGBTQ center in Pennsylvania–where some of the planned activities included BDSM and sex parties! https://t.co/zVxooVWF06
Democratic senators rushed to cancel $1 million they'd inserted into a new spending bill for an LGBT center in Philadelphia, after a viral report alleging that the place hosted sex parties. https://t.co/cBByVx4utB
Earmark idiocy: Democrats withdraw $1 million request for LGBT center amid report of ‘sex parties’ https://t.co/xWTxsgaTkz https://t.co/DLRib1R5wH
Fetterman to me in his office last year: House Rs stripping LGBT-related fed funding is "a shitty thing to do" This week he dropped support to fund LGBT center in Philadelphia, and blamed staff for not telling him. A source says he was briefed yesterday https://t.co/1w3oUiMATV
Earmark idiocy: Democrats withdraw $1 million request for LGBT center amid report of 'sex parties' - https://t.co/G1Zt1vRZxl
Confusion reigned after an earmark for a Philadelphia LGBTQ center was pulled from a spending bill making its way through Congress https://t.co/3lacojFsp8 https://t.co/AKt2pkA2fV
. @josephzeballos tracks the winding saga of John Fetterman, an LGBTQ center in Philly, allegations of sex parties, and Senate appropriations talks https://t.co/tbeCH8xgyB
Lawmakers have stripped over $1 million in federal funding for an LGBTQ organization in Philadelphia after conservatives attacked it for allegedly hosting sex parties. https://t.co/IIkV2fehPZ
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., withdrew his support Tuesday for a taxpayer-funded LGBT community center that had hosted BDSM parties. https://t.co/xis18B1Slb
“I’m new here, but I wasn’t aware that Democratic values and priorities are dictated by Libs of TikTok.” Fetterman is losing his mind cuz we exposed him for wanting to use your tax dollars to fund BDSM s*x k*ink f*tish parties! https://t.co/xRNp7FehpE
bahahahahaaa “I’m new here, but I wasn’t aware that Democratic values and priorities are dictated by Libs of TikTok.” Fetterman is losing his mind cuz we exposed him for wanting to use your tax dollars to fund BDSM s*x k*ink f*tish parties! https://t.co/xRNp7FehpE
Sens. John Fetterman and Bob Casey both signed letters Tuesday requesting to pull federal funding for the William Way Community Center after learning the LGBTQ-focused nonprofit rents its space for BDSM-kink parties. https://t.co/cUYozqCWp1
The standard perfunctory letter fired off by a staffer withdrawing support for funding an LGBT community center. Classic administrative error https://t.co/ugUaMpc2lz
Sens. Fetterman and Casey signed letters to pull funding for the William Way LGBTQ Center after learning the nonprofit rents space for kink parties. (The funding would have gone toward building renovations and expanded programming). (1/2) https://t.co/mAObYG6HG8
$1 MILLION for gay BDSM parties, money for shark repellent studies and homes for starving artists: The most shocking taxpayer-funded earmarks agreed to in Congress' $460B must-pass spending bill to avoid government shutdown in 3 days https://t.co/4ImzkuTvAW https://t.co/pDwJvTcKfH
Senate Dems changed the minibus only “after it was discovered that they had set aside $1 million for what they characterized as funding for BDSM sex parties.” @SenMikeLee on the unwillingness of Senate leaders to cut funding from a 1,000+ page spending package. https://t.co/HOX4SOLD0b
John Fetterman is losing his mind because Libs of TikTok exposed him for requesting an earmark for taxpayer funded s*x parties. John Fetterman supports taxpayer funded s*x k*nk f*tish parties. Make sure every Pennsylvania resident know this. https://t.co/7XsF5Gbnup
Did John Fetterman withdraw support for LGBT community center? What we know https://t.co/qYmLQNflAh https://t.co/dFGdhAV72M
Congress drops funding for LGBTQ+ community center after ‘Libs of TikTok’ scorn - POLITICO https://t.co/YC6ZCBPaFH
Fetterman says his staff made the decision to pull the funding without his input. Later issued statement saying his staff felt the choice was either to "pull it or watch it get stripped out, attacked by Republicans, and ultimately killed." https://t.co/1BFSBVE3kp
this is a lot of words to say that he is in fact pulling his support for funding for an LGBT community center after backlash generated by Libs of TikTok https://t.co/pXmU2gg7sE
We just got the Senate to remove an earmark from the Omnibus for taxpayer funded s*x k*nk f*tish parties. This only happened because of X. How it started How it’s going https://t.co/RU9o3tkg3P https://t.co/d1CCHslcdw
BREAKING: John Fetterman @SenFettermanPA is now claiming he supports the earmark to use taxpayer funds for s*x k*nk parties and this letter was sent by his staff without his approval. It’s too late though. The Senate already voted last night to remove it 👏 https://t.co/PCey88IWyY
BREAKING: The Senate voted unanimously to remove the earmark from the Omnibus which would’ve provided funding to an LGBTQ center which hosts BDSM s*x parties. https://t.co/fr938BTEIk https://t.co/d1CCHslcdw
Sen. @JohnFetterman tells me he “1000%” still supports funding the expansion of LGBT community center in Philadelphia, and blames staff for slip-up: “It wasn’t my decision.. it was a perfunctory letter that was issued by the staff. I was not part of the process” https://t.co/w6dLqwx2jP
Sen. @JohnFetterman tells me that he “1000” still supports funding the expansion of LGBT community center in Philadelphia, and blames staff for slip-up: “It wasn’t my decision.. it was a perfunctory letter that was issued by the staff. I was not part of the process” https://t.co/w6dLqwx2jP
"Swamp Omnibus": Lobbyists Get Millions For LGBTQ Sex Parties & Electronic Cattle Tracking https://t.co/HzCv3z0IaH
Fetterman has now withdrawn his support for an LBGT community center in Philadelphia and requested that funding for its expansion be removed from a HUD appropriations bill https://t.co/St4uhgHDQd
🚨 Hidden in this week’s Omnibus: Lobbyists got $15 million dollars to implement ELECTRONIC TRACKING of all cattle in the U.S. No law authorizes this! It will be used by the GREEN agenda to limit beef production, and by the corporate meat oligopoly to DOMINATE small ranchers. https://t.co/jNsmDcxUGT
This begs the question: why did ANYONE want to fund BDSM parties to begin with? And even if this is what Dems wanted, why the heck did the GOP go along with it? More importantly, how many other ugly earmarks are buried within this beast—which no one had seen until 48 hours ago? https://t.co/8lOki8ww38
There’s a $1,000,000 earmark in the omnibus bill for an LGBTQ center where people have bdsm sex parties. After @libsoftiktok & I exposed it, the earmarks’ sponsor wants to remove it from the bill. There’s just one problem, it’s stuck in the bill we are voting on this week!🤦♂️ https://t.co/R28hWWjXbk
BREAKING: John Fetterman rescinded his support for taxpayer-funded “BDSM and s*x k*nk parties.” Will @Bob_Casey? https://t.co/zBr0utN7F1 https://t.co/RmbgVLn1DT
NEW: John Fetterman and Bob Casey have both signed onto letters asking that this earmark for the degenerate LGBT center be removed. https://t.co/5BVNHfVYOO https://t.co/A8B64GJWyt
BREAKING: The Senate Appropriations Committee released a spending bill which is being voted on tomorrow. It includes $1M of your tax dollars to go towards renovating an LGBTQ Center in PA which boasts rooms to try BDSM and s*x f*tishes and hosts BDSM and s*x k*nk parties.… https://t.co/PKkj6TEd2q