Last night at the Republican convention, PayPal founder Peter Thiel got a standing ovation from the audience when he said he was a proud gay man, Republican and American.

This moment sent panic waves through liberal circles because the left thinks it owns the gay vote.

The reaction from some liberal journalists on Twitter was to lash out with hatred. Remember, these are the same people who regularly call conservatives “haters.”

Twitchy has the story:

Tolerance! Journos mock gay Republican Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel’s appearance at #RNCinCLE TRENDING: BREAKING: Omaha Bar Owner Charged For Killing Rioter Who Attacked Him and His Business Has Committed Suicide Venture capitalist and Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel spoke at the Republican convention and delivered a rousing speech: Being gay and a Republican just doesn’t fit the liberal mold, and some journos couldn’t let it slide:

They applaud Peter Thiel because they think conversion therapy will fix him. — Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) July 22, 2016

It’s nice that the convention applauded Peter Thiel, “proud to be gay.” Now back to the regularly scheduled anti-LGBT programming… — Joe Conason (@JoeConason) July 22, 2016

Great that Peter Thiel says he’s proud to be gay & American – also notable he funded lawsuits to bankrupt Gawker for writing he was gay. — Ari Melber MSNBC (@AriMelber) July 22, 2016

Thiel got into some of that good stuff smuggled across the border before giving this speech. — Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) July 22, 2016

I’m glad Peter Thiel thought ahead and did a lot of coke before this speech. — Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 22, 2016

What you are seeing here is fear.

The left doesn’t want Republicans to appear like loving and tolerant people because that completely destroys their narrative.

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