The weirdest thing about this story - besides a 79-year-old man looking at 20-year-old men in their underwear on Instagram- is that McNally did so from his official Tennesee government account. So maybe he's a pervy old man, a homophobic hypocrite and all that, but he's undeniably stupid.
Source: WRVF
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Tennessee Lt. Gov. Randy McNally, in an exclusive interview Thursday, apologized after the uproar over his interactions with provocative posts on social media, while insisting that his intentions have been misconstrued.
"I'm really, really sorry if I've embarrassed my family, embarrassed my friends, embarrassed any of the members of the legislature with the posts," McNally told NewsChannel 5 Investigates. "It was not my intent to [embarrass them] and not my intent to hurt them."
The 79-year-old East Tennessee Republican — who has presided over a legislative session defined by bills outlawing drag shows in public places and targeting gender care for the trans community — found himself facing accusations of hypocrisy after a progressive site, the Tennessee Holler, unearthed his social media interactions with a 20-year-old gay model.
One such interaction was a post liked by McNally about smoking weed and being a male prostitute.
Phil Williams asked this below and if McNally had had any personal relationship with the young man, which McNally denied.
We pressed, "So you didn't read that post?"
"I don't recall reading the part about the weed, I know that," McNally answered.
What about the part about the man being a "prostitute"?
"I might have read that," the lieutenant governor responded.
In that case, was it appropriate to like the comment?
McNally paused, "Probably not, probably not."
The rest of the interview was just as cringy.
