Jim McGreevey - but his sexuality was not embraced by the public nearly as much. Long before Jared Polis became the first openly gay man elected as a United States governor in 2018, there was New Jersey Gov. With the GOP's culture wars raging more intensely than ever under President Trump's leadership, it would be fascinating to take another look at this political scandal and how gay politicians are perceived in Washington. He eventually resigned from the Senate after Mitt Romney's 2008 presidential campaign threw him under the bus (and then 'backed up and ran over me again') and Washington watchdog groups began to question whether he'd violated the Senate Rules of Conduct. Craig pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct but continued to publicly deny being gay or hooking up with men - which only prompted a number of gay men and male sex workers to come forward with more salacious stories. Paul International Airport after he reached his foot into the next stall and tapped the shoe of an undercover police officer, a code for hookups in public places.
In June 2007 he was arrested for lewd conduct in a men's room at the Minneapolis–St.
Larry Craig is a retired Republican senator from Idaho, and also the reason 'wide stance' is now such a well-worn, tacky gay joke.
