The gall of some people.

Log Cabin Republicans have always been a confounding bunch, but with their civil liberties especially at risk during this election many (most?) still voted for the Trump-Pence ticket.

Now, what does their leader have to say? ‘Please send us money so we don’t lose the rights we gained under Obama.’ Ugh!

Here’s Gregory T. Angelo’s, president of the Log Cabin Republicans, statement in full:

It’s been a whirlwind couple of days, but I didn’t want to wait another minute to share this important news: For the past three weeks, I’ve been in regular communication with the Trump Transition Team, the group tasked with organizing personnel and policy for our president-elect. While Log Cabin Republicans was working to have a relationship with our nation’s incoming chief executive, the LGBT Left was busy demonizing Donald Trump and fundraising off of bogeymen. I can’t say it’s surprising — what else can they do now? After working for decades against Republicans rather than with them and putting all their faith into the failed candidacy of Hillary Clinton, purportedly “non-partisan” LGBT advocacy groups now face GOP majorities in the House and Senate, and a Republican in the White House for the next 4 — or perhaps even EIGHT — years. That’s why the work of Log Cabin Republicans is so important. In fact, it’s more important than it’s ever been. Collectively, LGBT advocacy organizations on the Left have staff in the hundreds. Budgets in the millions. And yet, they don’t have a single point of contact in the incoming Trump administration. Log Cabin Republicans does. Think about that. While LGBT liberals were breathlessly lamenting this fact to the New York Times, Log Cabin Republicans was quietly working behind-the-scenes to ensure the advances in LGBT freedom we have made thus far remain secure and continue in a Trump administration. No one else is doing this. That’s why your support is needed so much right now. Please give now and give generously — $250, $100, $50, or whatever you can give will make a difference when it matters most.

Angelo then shared a link to join his group or renew if you’d left. For what I hope are obvious reasons, I’m not sharing that here.

Finally, Angelo finished off with this line:

“Log Cabin Republicans will continue to work for full equality on behalf of all LGBT Americans. That’s my vow, and it’s why I’m writing to you tonight.”

Okay, 1. Thanks (not!) for being sensitive to members of your own community absolutely devastated by the results of this election; 2. You are aware that “the advances in LGBT freedom we have made” were made under the leadership of a Democratic president, right?; and, 3. If you’re in such good standing with Trump’s transition team, how about ensuring an LGBT Republican (heaven forbid an independent…) gets a post of influence in his cabinet? Peter Thiel in a tech adviser role doesn’t count, and it doesn’t bode well for your group that he seems to be the only gay friend Trump has.

Or you folks could try something else. Since you’re clearly gracious enough to accept our money and allow us to be members after the fact, maybe you’d be gracious enough to work with the “LGBT Left”. Yes?

We won’t hold our breaths.