Donald Trump-loving right-wing pastor and conspiracy theorist Carl Gallups appeared on TheDove TV’s “Focus Today” program yesterday, where he called upon sheriffs to tell managers of Target stores in their communities that they will be arrested if they follow the company policy of allowing transgender individuals to use facilities that match their gender identity.
Bragging that he is a “sworn special deputy” in Arizona under extremist Maricopa County sheriff Joe Arpaio, Gallups also called upon sheriffs all over the nation to arrest anyone who follows Obama administration guidelines for respecting the rights of transgender students.
Falsely claiming that the Obama administration’s policy allows male teachers or janitors to take showers with female students, Gallups declared that he “is calling upon sheriffs all over this nation: man up!”
“Sheriffs needs to go to Target managers operating in their counties,” Gallups proclaimed, “and say, ‘I am the chief constitutional law enforcement officer of this county. If a man purposely goes into the women’s room in your store, I will arrest the man and I will arrest you, mister manager, for aiding and abetting in a crime.”
