- Rep. Robert Garcia, who is gay, showed images of Giuliani in drag with Trump
- He was fighting a measure that would ban military funds for drag shows
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A gay Democrat showed a poster of Rudy Giuliani draped in drag on the House floor this week to shame Republicans for their effort to bar the military from funding drag shows.
The blown-up posted board showed an image of the former New York City mayor dressed in a purple gown, a big blonde wig and a face of makeup as a younger Donald Trump looks admiringly on.
Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calf., also showed a poster board with a picture of Jennifer Coolidge from the HBO show 'White Lotus' captioned 'These gays, they're trying to murder me,' in another joke aimed at Republicans' anti-LGBT sentiment.
'My Republican colleagues want us to believe that gays are trying to murder us,' he said Thursday motioning towards the Coolidge poster. 'They want to believe that drag is harmful or immoral or wrong. This is completely ridiculous.'
On Friday, the House passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) - which oversees all U.S. military spending - after a lengthy amendment process, including the ban on funds being used for drag events.
The amendment Garcia was bashing was introduced by Rep. Josh Brecheen, R-Okla., who reiterated Thursday 'The bulk of our fighting forces are inspired by GI Joe; they are not inspired by 'be a Barbie girl in a Barbie world.'
Garcia hit back on the ban with his posters on the House floor.
'Now, I hate to break it to my Republican colleagues, but LGBTQ people have fought and died for this country since the American Revolution, even if they were forced to hide their true selves.'
'The USO and Red Cross hosted drag shows during World War II — the army that defeated Hitler and saved the world included drag queens.'
The gay Democrat also noted how Republican idol Ronald Reagan was in a 1943 movie called 'This is the Army,' which featured soldiers in drag.
Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., displayed a poster showing Rudy Giuliani in drag to lambast Republican's efforts to bar military funding for drag shows
Garcia also printed out a meme-like poster of HBO 'White Lotus' star Jennifer Coolidge
The original video of Trump and Giuliani is from a video shot for a charity fundraiser in 2000
Giuliani, who goes by Rudia in the costume, talks with Trump about a new perfume
Trump then leans in and gives a long sniff of Rudia's scent
He tells Rudia that she deserves her own fragrance because she is so beautiful
'And he’s not the only Republican president who knew that drag can be fun and sometimes silly,' said Garcia while standing next to the Trump and Giuliani poster.
The image of the two New Yorkers came originally from a sketch done for a fundraiser in 2000.
In the bit Giuliani goes by the drag name 'Rudia' and flirtatiously approaches Trump.
'You know you are really beautiful,' Trump tells Rudia in the performance.
He then tells Rudia that a woman of her stature deserves her own perfume before she tries some on and Trump nuzzles up to her neck for a long and deep sniff.
'Oh, I like that,' he tells Giuliani's drag persona.
Then Rudia sprays another fragrance on her chest and Donald again swoops in for a smell.
The former president then dives deeply into Rudia's fake breasts with his face and motorboats the former mayor before she pushes him away and exclaims 'Oh, you dirty boy ... Donald, I thought you were a gentleman.'
The lighthearted skit reemerged in 2016 before Trump's first presidential bid but did not cause much harm then.
Then Rudia tries on another fragrance for the businessman to sniff and sprays it on her breasts
Trump then approaches the fake bosom and gets as close as he can possibly get
He then burrows his face in Giuliani's fake breats before she calls him a 'dirty boy'
Now, as LGBT issues and drag have become more polarizing, Republicans have sought to restrict drag from government.
Last year, for example, the Department of Defense banned drag shows on bases.
Other amendments included in the NDAA sought to ban DOD-funded schools from having books with LGBT themes and preventing military installations from flying the pride flag.
Garcia is one of 12 openly LGBT members of Congress.
