Republican Tennessee Lt Gov Randy McNally got pretty hot for a 20 year-old gay man’s nearly nude Instagram photos in comments that surfaced this week, writing “you can turn a rainy day into rainbows and sunshine!” on a pic of the young man’s ass and “great picture! Best wishes for continued health and happiness,” on another when the guy wasn’t wearing undies, WKRN reports.

The man, identified by WKRN as only “Franklyn,” told the channel McNally had friended him on Facebook in 2020. “To me, I’m not a stranger to compliments, so I don’t really read into them because I just think that’s wrong to assume somebody’s hitting on you just because they’re nice to you,” Franklyn said. “He did not say he wanted to date me or have sex or anything like that.” Franklyn however did have some choice words about recent anti-LGBT bills passed by the state’s MAGA regime. “I just hope that he knows I love him and LGBTQ+ loves him and would love him even more if he would open his heart and treat everyone else the way he wants to be treated because the way I want to be treated is to be accepted and be able to be myself and not be taken to police.”

McNally’s office skipped the usual go-to of “my account was hacked,” instead saying “Trying to imply something sinister or inappropriate about a great-grandfather’s use of social media says more about the mind of the left-wing operative making the implication than it does about Randy McNally. As anyone in Tennessee politics knows, Lt. Governor McNally is a prolific social media commenter. He takes great pains to view every post he can and frequently posts encouraging things to many of his followers. Does he always use the proper emoji at the proper time? Maybe not. But he enjoys interacting with constituents and Tennesseans of all religions, backgrounds and orientations on social media. He has no intention of stopping” in a statement to WKRN.