Hakeem Jeffries

“Ultimately, I think Andy Ogles is going down in flames and will be defeated in November,” Jeffries continued.

Ogles’s post, which had over 2 million views as of Tuesday afternoon before its deletion, comes on the second day of Pride Month. Ogles in the post went on to declare June “Nuclear Family Month.” Gov. Bill Lee (R-TN) signed a resolution earlier this year designating June Nuclear Family Month in Tennessee.

Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ) said in a text message to the Washington Examiner that the post was “insane” and that she’d consider voting to censure Ogles.

Ogles initially faced a possibly competitive reelection, even as his seat went to President Donald Trump by double digits in 2024. Poor fundraising and a spate of ethics issues made him vulnerable to a challenge from Democratic Columbia, Tennessee, Mayor Chaz Molder.

But Tennessee legislative Republicans moved quickly after the Supreme Court curtailed the Voting Rights Act in Louisiana v. Callais and cracked Democratic stronghold Memphis into three districts. The move placed Memphis in Ogles’s Middle Tennessee seat.

According to the nonpartisan Cook Political Report, Trump would have carried his redrawn district by 23 points in the 2024 election, making it highly unlikely for Democrats to flip the seat in November.

Ogles, however, drew bipartisan condemnation for the post.

NANCY MACE AND RALPH NORMAN REFUSE TO EXIT SOUT CAROLINA’S GOVERNOR’S RACE AFTER LOSING TRUMP ENDORSEMENT

“I never thought I’d hear a person I consider a friend say there is no place for me in this country simply because of who I chose to love,” former Republican New York Rep. George Santos wrote on X in response.