Boner Candidate #1: HE DIDN’T MEAN THE COOKIE
After a tweet from South Carolina’s Tim Scott about racism, Texas’s democratic party leader Gary O’Connor called Tim Scott an “oreo.” Gary O’Conner has since apologized, and resigned.
Boner Candidate #2: MAKE HIM PAY FOR BEING HONEST
A resolution planned for TJ Osborne of the band Brothers Osborne was blocked by Tennessee’s House of Representatives. TJ Osborne was the first openly gay country music star in Tennessee. Co-sponsor of the bill, Rep. John Ray Clemmons claimed that someone approached him afterwards to say they voted against the resolution for no other reason then TJ Osborne’s sexuality.