Chuck Ross of the Washington Free Beacon documents the latest case of left-wing double standards on display in Washington, D.C.

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, is about to make history as the nation’s highest-ranking gay official. And yet America’s top LGBT groups, which celebrated the historic nature of Pete Buttigieg’s nomination as transportation secretary, a lower-ranking cabinet post, have remained tight-lipped about Bessent.

GLAAD, the Human Rights Campaign, the LGBTQ+ Victory Institute, and the National LGBTQ Task Force lauded Buttigieg’s nomination. He was the first openly gay cabinet member confirmed by the Senate, and GLAAD president Sarah Kate Ellis called it a “historic milestone for LGBTQ visibility.” The Human Rights Campaign praised the “historic confirmation” that “breaks through a barrier that has existed for too long.”

It’s a different story for Bessent, who, if confirmed, will be the highest-ranking openly gay person to serve in the federal government. The founder of the private investment firm Key Square Group who made a name for himself as George Soros’s chief investment officer, Bessent is expected to coast to confirmation in the Republican-held Senate next month.As Treasury secretary,

Bessent will be fifth in the line of presidential succession. Buttigieg is 14th. And yet his nomination has been met with radio silence by gay rights advocacy groups. It is a vivid example of how groups that claim to advocate for gay rights often themselves treat gay Republicans in a discriminatory manner.

GLAAD, the LGBTQ+ Victory Institute, and the National LGBTQ Task Force have said nothing about Bessent’s Nov. 22 nomination. The Human Rights Campaign issued a statement on the social media platform Threads but not on its website or on any other platform. The groups did not respond to requests for comment.

It was a different story for Biden administration officials.