Conservative radio host John Reid, the primary brazenly homosexual Republican candidate to run for state workplace in Virginia, vowed to proceed his bid for lieutenant governor amid allegations that he shared express photos of bare males on Tumblr.
The scandal, first reported by the Richmonder, has sparked a public feud between Reid and present Gov. Glenn Youngkin, dividing the Republican occasion forward of Virginia’s gubernatorial election in November. It facilities on illicit photos shared by an account with a username matching the one Reid makes use of on Instagram and his different social media accounts.
The radio host has repeatedly denied the profile belongs to him and instructed it was getting used as a way to drive him out of the race. It disappeared from the web on Friday, shortly after The Richmonder revealed a narrative about photos reposted on the Tumblr web page between 2018 and 2020. They reportedly confirmed males within the nude — although none of them featured Reid himself.
“That’s not my account,” Reid mentioned. “Anyone on the internet can open accounts with the same or similar names as other people.”
Nonetheless, the article prompted Youngkin to name on Reid to step down because the lieutenant governor nominee, however he has repeatedly refused, and he continues to battle again efforts to knock him off the ticket. In a 5-minute video shared to X on Sunday, Reid mentioned that after years of harassment, he was not shocked by the assaults, “but what I didn’t expect was the governor I have always supported to call and demand my resignation without even showing me the supposed evidence or offering me a chance to respond.”
He added: “I did not accept that, and I deeply resent it.”
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin speaks throughout a information convention on the Manassas FBI Area Workplace, Thursday, March 27, 2025, in Manassas, Va. (AP Picture/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
Reid went on to accuse Youngkin’s political group of concentrating on him as a result of he’s homosexual and telling his marketing campaign that if he give up, the “lies and threats” in opposition to him would cease.
On Tuesday, he doubled down with one other submit on X.
“People thought I was bluffing- i was NOT! I will NOT be abused or blackmailed!! By ANYONE,” he wrote.
“I’m a very loyal Republican but I am also FAIR…. to everyone,” Reid continued. “I did everything right to be able to run for Lt. Governor and now I absolutely won’t be smeared and abused and extorted by enemies or supposed ‘friends.’”
Reid secured the Republican lieutenant governor nomination earlier this month, after Fairfax County Supervisor Pat Herrity, dropped out of the race over well being points. It made him the lone candidate, touchdown him on the Republican ticket with present Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, who’s working for Governor, and Lawyer Basic Jason Miyares, a first-generation Cuban American working for reelection.
Youngkin, a Republican and the present governor, is ineligible to run for re-election on account of a state legislation prohibiting consecutive phrases.
