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Nevada GOP Candidate Decries LGBTQ Rights, Boycotts Olympics

7/18/2026

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Marty O'Donnell (Nevada candidate) called LGBTQ+ rights an existential threat and labeled Pride a deadly sin in a July 17 2026 interview.
His campaign has not responded to the anti-LGBTQ remarks.
In a June 2025 podcast with Ryan Helfenbein (Liberty University executive), O'Donnell endorsed the claim queer people recruit children.
During the 2024 Paris Olympics, he shared a #BoycottOlympics post with a drag performer and demanded an apology from French President Emmanuel Macron.

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Marty O'Donnell (Nevada candidate) called LGBTQ+ rights an existential threat and labeled Pride a deadly sin in a July 17 2026 interview.
His campaign has not responded to the anti-LGBTQ remarks.
In a June 2025 podcast with Ryan Helfenbein (Liberty University executive), O'Donnell endorsed the claim queer people recruit children.
During the 2024 Paris Olympics, he shared a #BoycottOlympics post with a drag performer and demanded an apology from French President Emmanuel Macron.