Porterfield was responding to an earlier debate over a amendment that would strip protections away from LGBTQ people, in which he called gay activists "the most socialist group in this country."
U-Porterfield wayephendula inkulumo-mpikiswano yamuva mayelana nesichibiyelo esasizokwemuka abantu be-LGBTQ isivikelo, lapho abiza khona izishoshovu zama-gay ngokuthi "yiqembu  lama-socialist ukwedlula wonke kuleli zwe."