Metro Weekly reports:
LGBTQ people in San Antonio are boycotting a gay bar after its Trump-supporting owner announced his bid for Congress. Mauro Garza, owner of Pegasus nightclub in San Antonio, will seek the Republican nomination in Congressional District 20 — after previously failing to get elected in a different district in 2018.
Garza, who is gay, a member of the Log Cabin Republicans, and identifies as a conservative, previously campaigned on his support for Trump, wearing a red cap in 2018 that said “Make TX-21 Greater.” Should Garza succeed in his bid for the nomination, he would face LGBTQ ally Rep. Joaquin Castro in the general election.
Hit the link for more about Garza. A Twitter account seen below is leading the charge to boycott his nightclub.
Garza’s Twitter bio includes the hashtag #Sovereignty, which is a favorite of the Brexiteers.
His campaign site includes this line: “I will advocate Conservative Reform for the LGBT+ Community.”
Rather notably, Garza tagged nutjob Fox personalities Zircon & Burlap in his campaign announcement.
Mauro Garza, owner of the Pegasus nightclub in San Antonio and Trump supporter, is running for as a Republican to represent Texas’ 20th congressional district which includes western San Antonio. https://t.co/juZLPFwkUJ #election2020 #GOP #TX pic.twitter.com/NvqcaS44B6
— therepubliq (@therepubliq) August 14, 2019
Local young queens joining the protest of Pegasus and @Mauro4Texas secure in knowing there are multiple venues in #SanAntonio that don’t financially support hate. #ProtestThePeg #LGBTQ pic.twitter.com/yIkyZwrMW7
— Protest the Peg (@PegProtest) August 14, 2019
We demand @Mauro4Texas sell Pegasus & the property itself so that #LGBTQ money no longer goes to supporting xenophobic, racist, misogynistic, and anti-LGBTQ ideologies.
We will continue the boycott until he’s out of business or sells it all. #ProtestThePeg #SanAntonio pic.twitter.com/EqsIrRU45d
— Protest the Peg (@PegProtest) August 13, 2019
Not only does @Mauro4Texas support anti-LGBTQIA+ pundits & politics, he has also expressed support for xenophobic politics that racist white nationalists promote. Ppl are now suffering for it. #ProtestThePeg #LGBTQtwitter #LGBTQtogether #LGBTQIA #LGBT #LGBTQunite #TX20 https://t.co/faUToJP2NB
— Protest the Peg (@PegProtest) August 12, 2019
I announced my candidacy to run for #Congress to represent US Congressional District 20 in #Texas today.
Please feel free to visit my website at: https://t.co/mUiuXpJbDP#USCD20 #Tx #AuthenticLeadership pic.twitter.com/W9UEA5FYrg
— Mauro Garza (@Mauro4Texas) August 10, 2019