{"id":6162,"date":"2026-09-12T14:35:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T14:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edmpackz.com\/?p=6162"},"modified":"2026-09-12T14:48:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T14:48:34","slug":"pioneering-gay-rep-barney-frank-made-bombshell-claim-about-donald-trump-on-his-deathbed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edmpackz.com\/?p=6162","title":{"rendered":"Pioneering gay Rep. Barney Frank made bombshell claim about Donald Trump on his deathbed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-heading\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<div class=\"heading col-sm-12 col-md-offset-0 col-md-12\">\n<nav id=\"breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"breadcrumbs\">\u00a0<\/nav>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n<div class=\"article-main\">\n<div class=\"article-content-container\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"show-inline-featured-image wp-caption alignnone\">\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-msnfeed-thumbnail size-msnfeed-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/05\/21120309\/trumpfrank.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/05\/21120309\/trumpfrank.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/05\/21120309\/trumpfrank-400x210.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/05\/21120309\/trumpfrank-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/05\/21120309\/trumpfrank-412x216.jpg 412w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/05\/21120309\/trumpfrank-664x350.jpg 664w\" alt=\"Donald Trump, Barney Frank. Credit: Getty Images\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Donald Trump, Barney Frank. Credit: Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Barney Frank, the Congressman from Massachusetts who made history by becoming the first openly gay member of Congress, has died at 86. Before he died, he shared his one last regret, and it involved President Donald Trump.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-1997496553\" class=\"newsner-after_first_paragraph\">\n<div id=\"intext_193652_1_wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barney Frank\u2019s sister confirmed to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/former-rep-barney-frank-champion-wall-street-reform-lgbtq-trailblazer-rcna342642\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NBC Boston<\/a>\u00a0that he passed away on Wednesday. Frank, who represented southern Massachusetts in the House for 32 years, became a very important person, not only to his voters but to people nationwide, as he was the first openly gay member of Congress.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also helped overhaul Wall Street regulations after the 2008 financial crisis. Barney paved the way for other openly gay elected officials in the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2012, he made history as the first member of Congress to marry a same-sex partner, when he wed his longtime partner, Jim Ready.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-03ba4a81e60c1467ff6d984ea30da448\" class=\"newsner-03ba4a81e60c1467ff6d984ea30da448 newsner-incide_content_once\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt was life-changing, lifesaving for me,\u201d Frank told NBC News last month. \u201cI think the key to our having made the enormous progress we made in defeating anti-gay prejudice had to do with us all coming out and people discovering the gap between our reality and the way we were painted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barney Frank, born on March 31, 1940, in Bayonne, New Jersey, retired from politics in 2013. Now, tributes are pouring in.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-pioneer-gay-rep-barney-frank-dies-at-86\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pioneer gay Rep. Barney Frank dies at 86<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former President Barack Obama took to X, writing, Barney Frank was one of a kind. For more than three decades in Congress, he fought tirelessly for the people of Massachusetts, helped make housing more affordable, stood up for the rights of LGBTQ+ Americans, and helped pass one of the most sweeping financial reforms in history designed to protect consumers and prevent another financial crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Obama continued, \u201cBarney\u2019s passion and wit were second to none, and our thoughts are with his family today,\u201d Obama concluded.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-1957046598\" class=\"newsner-article_inside_content\">\n<div id=\"intext_193652_2_wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"newsner-675c628c021b2fee9d3289502f172ff4\" class=\"newsner-675c628c021b2fee9d3289502f172ff4 newsner-amp_article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also paid tribute to the late Barney Frank. She revealed he had called her last month to inform her he had begun undergoing hospice care.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe has been about idealism and pragmatism to get the job done,\u201d Pelosi told NBC. \u201cHe was a real mentor to so many of us here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barney Frank spent his final weeks in hospice care. During that time, he spoke to media outlets about his life and hopes for the future of politics, in which he made a bombshell claim about President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During an interview with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/04\/28\/barney-frank-hospice-democrats-00897112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>\u00a0in his home in Maine, Barney Frank said one of his regrets was that congestive heart failure would take his life before he could see the fall of Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOne of my regrets is that I won\u2019t see the continued implosion of Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-bombshell-claim-about-donald-trump-on-his-deathbed\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bombshell claim about Donald Trump on his deathbed<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He spoke further about Trump in an interview with Boston-area radio station\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbur.org\/news\/2026\/05\/14\/barney-frank-hospice-congress-democrats-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WBUR<\/a>, calling the president an \u201cidiot savant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs to Trump, I have developed my theory about him: It\u2019s not just that he\u2019s bad on all these values, but he is an idiot savant,\u201d Barney Frank said. \u201cHe has just one talent: an ability to exploit anger that got him into power. But having gotten into power, he\u2019s got nothing left, and that\u2019s why now he\u2019s just floundering.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI can\u2019t think of an issue on which he\u2019s popular. The Iran war, the fight with the Pope, the economy, even immigration, where the left was dead wrong in its excessive openness, he\u2019s managed to make himself more unpopular,\u201d the now-late politician continued. \u201cHis anger, his narcissism, all of the negative parts of his personality have asserted themselves, and he really doesn\u2019t have much of a positive vision of things to offset that.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-1115445576\" class=\"newsner-article_inside_content\">\n<div id=\"intext_193652_3_wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"newsner-a1aff7c008b7bf2039c9f60bb98d56cc\" class=\"newsner-a1aff7c008b7bf2039c9f60bb98d56cc newsner-amp_article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Rest in peace, Barney Frank. What do you think of his words on Donald Trump? Please share your opinion in the comment box.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Donald Trump, Barney Frank. 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