"A clip from the conference showed Trump overhearing that members of the MAGA organisation Gays for Trump were in the crowd. Trump: "Where's Gays for Trump?" Supporter: "We're over here." Trump: "You don't look gay." "We did great with the gay population" pic.twitter.com/D0KhQuovJO- Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) November 29, 2025 After spotting the group's members, he remarked: "You don't look gay," before adding: "We did great with the gay population, as you know.""
"What we do know is that, despite the president's claim, he did not in fact do well with LGBTQ+ Americans during the 2024 US presidential election. Exit polls published by CNN immediately following Trump's win in November last year report that just 12 per cent of LGBTQ+ people voted for Trump, while 86 per cent voted for Democratic political rival Kamala Harris."
Donald Trump claimed he "did great with the gay population" during the 2024 US elections and made the remark after spotting members of Gays for Trump at a Mar-a-Lago conference. Exit polls published by CNN show only 12 percent of LGBTQ+ people voted for Trump while 86 percent supported Kamala Harris. Broader polling indicated 53 percent of voters did not support Trump, including non-voters and third-party voters. Trump has been consistently unpopular with LGBTQ+ people across multiple elections, with just 14 percent support in 2016 and similar figures in 2022. Even Gays for Trump founder Peter Boykin expressed doubts about Trump's actions on queer issues.
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