I really don’t understand how a gay black man can be in the current Republican Party without large levels of self-loathing.
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Probably the same way a huge portion of the black population is Christian.
Large levels of grift money. Also self-loathing like you mentioned.
Religion is a hell of a drug.
I'd love to hear which views he actually shares with the party.
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It might actually be a decent strategy for making Florida a bit better, running on principles people actually like but with the republican name. Depends what his other stances are though.