GOP Rep Sued For Allegedly Forcing Out Gay Aide

Politico reports:

A former aide to Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) is suing the lawmaker’s office, alleging a pattern of homophobic comments from Nehls and his chief of staff, and attempts to push the aide out of his job because he was gay, according to a suit filed Friday.

Alex Chadwell was a legislative correspondent in Nehls’ Washington office from January 2021 until May 2021, when he transferred to the lawmaker’s district office in Richmond, Texas.

Chadwell alleges that he transferred to try to escape “direct anti-gay hostility” from Chadwell’s boss, chief of staff Robert Schroeder, according to the lawsuit, filed against the entire office in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

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Nehls last appeared here in June 2024 when he finally stopped wearing a combat badge that the Pentagon said he had not earned.

Former aide sues Texas Rep. Troy Nehls, alleging he was forced out because he’s gay https://t.co/dYMz5wVvOh

— POLITICO (@politico) August 16, 2024

Rep. Troy Nehls Has Stopped Wearing the Combat Infantryman Badge After Accusations of Stolen Valor

When asked “why” he stoped wearing it he blamed the media.

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— Reese Gorman (@reesejgorman) June 26, 2024