Observation from life, having been around longer than this guy (and married to same wonderful woman since age 21):
I have yet to meet a man who goes out of his way to bait others as "barely straight," who doesn't have issues of this sort himself
Have never met a "real man" who bothers with this BS
James Fallows
REP. BRANDON GILL: This is a much more effeminate version of Beto O'Rourke ... this is somebody who is really obsessed with children ... I think of James Talarico as a barely straight version of Pete Buttigieg
KAYLEIGH McENANY: We know Talarico has a longtime girlfriend and she's very beautiful
