Rep. Al Jacquet apologizes for using gay slur
WARNING: This article contains offensive language. Florida Representative Al Jacquet apologized Tuesday for a gay slur he used in an hour-long Facebook live broadcast on his personal page. The state lawmaker, who represents parts of Palm Beach County, recorded the video last Friday. Rep...


Al Jacquet apologizes after using anti-gay slur
Jacquet used the slur against Lake Worth Beach Commissioner Omari Hardy.

In a video posted to his personal Facebook page Friday, Rep. Al Jacquet uses a common Caribbean anti-gay slur directed at one of his 2020 primary opponents.
With criticism mounting after a Florida Politics report on those comments, Jacquet apologized late Tuesday.
Toward the end of the video, just after the 58:30 mark, Jacquet refers to Lake Worth Beach Commissioner Omari Hardy as a “batty boy.”
The derogatory term is used as a slur in the Caribbean to describe a gay person. Jacquet was born in the Caribbean country of the Netherlands Antilles.
After the backlash regarding those remarks, Jacquet issued a brief statement apologizing for using the phrase.