Trump Claims He 'Did So Well With the Gay Vote' Because He Plays the 'The Gay National Anthem' at Rallies

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: MEDIAite

May 22nd, 2026, 10:34 pm


President Donald Trump claimed he did well among gay voters in the last election, and credited The Village People. Trump held a rally in Suffern, New York on Friday, where he was joined by Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY), who is running for reelection in New York’s 17th congressional district.

The president was introduced by New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart, whose physique Trump marveled at. “I’m looking at the legs,” Trump said. “He’s this beautiful guy. He’s got legs like tree trunks!”

Later, he told the crowd that First Lady Melania Trump had requested the president not recite some of his regular rally lines. During the anecdote, he took a brief detour to say he did well among gay voters because he plays “Y.M.C.A.” by The Village People at his rallies.

“[S]he says, ‘Darling, please, you speak so beautifully, would you do me a favor? Don’t do the swimming story. Don’t do the weight-lifting story. It’s so damn unpresidential. And also, darling, when you’re leaving, and they have that song, gay national anthem,'” Trump said, relaying the first lady’s remarks. “That’s why I did so well with the gay vote, I think, because of that song,” he said. “I did great with the gay vote, better than any Republican’s ever done by far, but my wife, first lady, very elegant woman.”

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[yardwork]

1. What is this the 1950s?

"Darling don't play that embarrassing song, the gay national anthem."

"Sweetheart that's why I got so many (insert slur) voters. They couldn't help themselves! They heard that (slur) national anthem and they just couldn't stop voting for me. I'm the king of the (slur) votes!"

[PatSeg]

10. He cracks me up

Every time he brings up conversations with his wife, she is calling him "Darling". That is the first indication that he's just making shit up and the second indication would be he is Donald Trump.

His alleged conversations are like something from a really bad 1940s movie script.

[yardwork]

13. Exactly! He thinks this is how gangsters talk.

[PatSeg]

24. I can picture a very young Donald

watching a lot of television when he was a kid, especially old movies. Perhaps he believes that is how real people talk?

Meanwhile, he is yet another over-the-top politician who really had dreams of Hollywood stardom. Can't make it in Tinseltown, just go into politics instead - you can even write your own scripts!

[Harker]

19. And everyone else calls him "sir."

[PatSeg]

26. Oh yes, absolutely

In his imaginary world, everyone calls him "sir" usually with tears in their eyes.

By the way, the tears could actually be real though. It could be a reaction to the smell.

[BumRushDaShow]

20. Like Zsa Zsa Gabor

I expect his fantasy pin-up crush who checked all his boxes. Just like Ivana.

[PatSeg]

27. Oh I hadn't thought of that

Ivana did have that Zsa Zsa look about her plus the accent.

[BumRushDaShow]

28. He has this thing with Eastern European women.

(with Marla being the exception)

[PatSeg]

32. It appears so

I wonder where that came from.

[BumRushDaShow]

34. All 3 wives were models

So in his entertainment world dabbling in the international beauty pageant business, he was apparently exposed to them to a greater degree.

[PatSeg]

36. That could be

He says he "cherishes" women, but it is more like an obsession and clearly he has a love-hate relationship with women. I'm sure he endured a whole lot of rejection when he was younger (and even as he got older as well).

As a woman, I can say, he is definitely the kind of guy that turns women off. Those videos of him partying with Epstein are so revealing. The only pretty women who were interested at all were the ones who knew he had money. He was decidedly unattractive and socially awkward, with "loser" written all over him.

I've known my share of such men and the more they are rejected, the more annoying and obnoxious they become. I can now easily picture him physically abusing young women and girls, maybe as payback for all the many rejections.

[BumRushDaShow]

41. As a woman as well

I see him as the type who objectifies everything, including women. They are just objects that he can display and flaunt as some sort of "status symbol", like his fake Nobel Prize or the buildings he plasters his name (and now image) on.

[PatSeg]

43. I may be old,

but I clearly remember the type and I also remember most women bending over backwards to get away from him. Even other men did their best to avoid the Trump type know-it-all guy. The Trump types didn't have friends and the only time people tolerated him was if they were broke and needed someone to buy them a drink.

In some respects, Trump has an edge over men with similar problems being he actually did/does have money, so there are more likely to be people who succumb to his questionable charms. As with everything Trump, it is all very transactional.

[BumRushDaShow]

44. You will also always have those who have been dubbed the "gold digger"

I.e., someone looking to hook up with people like him for the $$$$ and status. Look at Musk and his many... And if they can hang on long enough, they can get a nice divorce settlement (see Ghouliani's 2nd and 3rd wives).

[PatSeg]

46. Yes

A transactional jackass will only attract transactional "gold diggers". On some level, I think he knows that, so he uses wealth and power to get what he could never get otherwise.

So now as leader of the free world, he has more power than he could have imagined, but still no one likes him and they never will. I think that particularly makes him a very dangerous man considering he has the nuclear codes.

[BumRushDaShow]

47. Exactly

and I think some of it stems from his relationship (or lack thereof) with his mother. And his abject arrogance and selfishness kept him from being welcomed into and made a part of the elite blue blood social circles of NYC.

[PatSeg]

48. Oh yes, I do as well

I wonder how different he might have been if his ailing mother had been there for him when he was young.

[pat_k]

49. His desperation to "belong" was undoubtedly obvious and off putting...

He is absolutely "one of those guys" women who have any self-protective sensory apparatus whatsoever steer clear of.

As I've posted before, most recently in April:

Exacting vengeance for humiliation and rejection by the NY/DC "elite" drives EVERYTHING the felon does.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221184876

[PatSeg]

54. I agree

It is a core motivation. He is going to retaliate in any way he can. Of course, he won't ever truly be accepted, but he can undermine and threaten those who rejected him throughout his life. Such revenge must be terribly time-consuming as there are so many people who can't stand him.

[Blumancru]

52. Yes. 2/3 of his wives were Eastern European

Scandinavia used to be the hot area for wives for famous/wealthy men. Scandinavian women are considered beautiful but I guess that to Magats they became “contaminated” by living in an area that stresses female independence and education. At some point, Eastern Europe became the hot spot for attractive women who will produce tall attractive offspring.
Many, if not most of the inner orange circle are married to foreign women. I guess most American women won’t put up with their nonsense any more.
Miller is an exception. He married his clone.

[BumRushDaShow]

53. This brings to mind the Tate brothers

who were accused of sex trafficking in Romania.

[2na fisherman]

2. He Wants To Ban Gay Marriages

His handpicked members of the Supreme Court and his Christian Nationalists seek to ban gay marriage. I doubt he did so well with this segment of the electorate. He's so delusional that he thinks making arm motions to a pop tune makes him gain support from gays.

[Wiz Imp]

38. He did worse with LGTBQ voters in 2024 than any Republican candidate in at least the last 5 elections

See post #37

[Haggard Celine]

3. Just think if Pete Buttigieg was playing YMCA at his rallies

and doing that double handjob dance that Trump does. Trump gets special treatment from the press. They're scared to death of being called piggies or fake news. They won't point out all the lies he tells. The press needs to be reformed as much as the government.

[slightlv]

4. What an idiot!

To think a single song represents everyone within a group, and that it adheres that group one to the other -- and then naturally to him. under this reasoning, I suppose he thinks "I Am Woman" is a female national anthem?! I say again... what an idiot. Play a "gay national anthem" while working to kill the civil rights of gays and others under that banner? He just likes to sway his little feet back and forth while rocking his tiny fists in the air, sometimes in rhythm to the beat of the music.... whether or not he's paid for the right to play it in the first place!

Somebody save us, please!

[Ray Bruns]

5. And there it is again

[travelingthrulife]

6. What is Jaxon Dart's problem? Why does he support a monster?

[underpants]

29. He's Mormon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaxson_Dart

[Wiz Imp]

39. He's a scumbag, loser & asshole

[twodogsbarking]

7. So he thinks people vote for him based on a song?

The gay vote?
So many Qs.

[MiHale]

8. When I read her words...starting with Darling...

in my head I hear her with Lisa’s voice …the woman from Green Acres.

[ChazInAz]

17. I thought of Natasha from Rocky and Bullwinkle.

"Borrris, dahlink, dvere is moose and skavirrel?"

[love_katz]

25. This is exactly what I hear.

Boring and Natasha.

[BumRushDaShow]

21. It's a Gabor (sisters Eva and Zsa Zsa) thing

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=3669244

[bucolic_frolic]

9. Damn! All along I thought it was the Orange Makeup

My bad.

[cbabe]

11. When you accept him as gay, the hair and make up and

… makes sense….

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221256285

[relogic]

22. I'm getting the same vibes

watching his over the top fastidious attention to his manly cosmetic persona and Freudian quips regarding Michael Angelo “David” fixations of profuse admiration of manly body parts.

You know, it’s hard to ignore there is more going on here than just pandering to “the gays” with “Y.M.C.A.” It’s also clearly a backhanded ridicule disguised as a twisted cultural awareness.

[rampartd]

51. trump spent the entire disco era at studio 54

where he never drank nor snorted off the toilet seat with rfk. you've seen him dance.

he must really like the village people.

[eringer]

12. He plays it

Because he bought it at a discount (as a result of one of his great deals) for $2 million paying for it with the revenue he received from the morons that bought his “made in China” MAGA ball caps.

[whopis01]

14. That really makes sense actually.

I can’t think of the last time I had a conversation with a gay person where they weren’t primarily concerned with how often they heard YMCA being played.

Beyond that it probably garnered him a ton of votes from the DEI community as well. After all the band had representation from all sorts of ethnicities like Native Americans and Cowboys and Bikers and more.

(Obvious sarcasm tag just in case it is needed)

[samsingh]

15. sadly, many voters are this stupid

[DavidDvorkin]

16. Big, strong men thanked me for playing that song.

[twodogsbarking]

18. This is not breaking news. Trump is beyond fucking crazy. Mr. Reaper, where in the heck are you? Golfing?

You might catch him there. He's the one with the yam face and a sack of "potatoes" in his pants.

[AZ8theist]

23. The fact the QB of my team showed up for this treasonous imbecilic PIG makes me sick

So glad I didn't waste any money buying his jersey.

Former player Cam Jordan summed it up perfectly in a tweet: "Sounds 'bout Ole Miss". Dart played at Miss State.
I guess Dart likes a racist, fascist, MORON to be running the country.

UGH!

Stick to football, you little prick.

[underpants]

30. Dart played at Ole Miss

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaxson_Dart

[underpants]

31. Abdul Carter the 1st round pick last year isn't crazy about it either

And the MAGA influencers lost their minds about that.

Link to tweet

?s=46

[Wiz Imp]

40. Bravo to Abdul Carter!!! He should take some shots at Dart in practice to get the message across.

[AZ8theist]

45. Not gonna happen.

The QBs wear red practice jerseys for a reason.

He'll have to confine his "shots" to social media.

[twodogsbarking]

33. Trump is amazing. Every day he surpasses himself demonstrating his lunacy. Watch out. He has the football.

[City Lights]

35. He is the dumbest motherfucker alive.

A dumb pedophile. A dumb rapist. A dumb fraudster. A dumb criminal.

He is the dumbest of the dumb.

[Wiz Imp]

37. This is one of the most offensive things he's ever said.

To claim he did well with LGBTQ voters because of playing YMCA, implies LQBTQ people don't care about policies, but can be fooled into voting for him just because of a song he plays? A song that I'm sure large numbers of LGBTQ voters hate (just like large numbers of non-LGBTQ voters). That is so offensive it makes me sick.

It's also a lie. He received only 12% of the LGBTQ vote in 2024, a significantly lower percentage than 2020 and 2016. The lowest percentage for a Republican in the last 5 elections (and possibly more).

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/lgbt-voters-away-from-trump-2024-election-record-change-rcna178939

Former President Donald Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris to become the next U.S. president, NBC News projected, but he didn’t do so with the help of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender voters.

LGBT voters shifted even more solidly into the Democratic camp this year, according to the NBC News Exit Poll. Harris led President-elect Trump 86% to 12% among LGBT voters, the poll found. That’s a 15-point change from 2020, when Trump won 27% of the LGBT vote against Biden.

See chart at link.

[BumRushDaShow]

42. Well we see what he thinks about the "T"

in "LGBTQ", while longtime supporter Caitlyn Jenner still tries to ignore that fact and "keep hope alive."

Caitlyn Jenner Slammed After Asking Trump To Fix Her Passport Gender: ‘This Is A Safety Factor’

[mahina]

50. In what passes for thought in this White House

The man has the neural activity of a potato.