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A drag artist has received death threats after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene retweeted a photo of them in a revealing outfit and wrongly claimed they wore it to a family-friendly event. Holly Hazmat, a Chicago-based drag performer headlined the Skokie, Illinois annual pride event over the weekend but started receiving negative attention on Twitter after the conservative account Libs of TikTok tweeted a photo of Hazmat at another event and said they would be performing at the family-friendly one. "llinois Park is having a 'family-friendly' pride event featuring a drag performance by this drag queen. @SkokieParks receives millions in funding," the account tweeted. The photo used by Libs of TikTok showed Hazmat in a revealing outfit and suggested that the performer would be wearing it in front of children. Libs of TikTok is influential among American conservatives and known for spreading anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment on the platform.

The tweet was subsequently shared by Greene who added: "This should be illegal." Hazmat responded to say: "This isn't real. You have got to be joking me. @RepMTG @libsoftiktok this is not how I dress for all ages shows." Following the posts by Libs of TikTok and Greene, Hazmat has been "bombarded by MASS death threats, hate comments, and name calling. I even had an individual online post a video stating he was on his way to the event to 'expose this madness.'" However, they still went to the event as planned and said their safety was ensured by the security present. "I wasn't going to let Rep. Marjorie Taylor or anyone diminish my PRIDE," Hazmat said. "I still went to the event, the security team all had my back, and we had a FUN and FABULOUS time. "The Chicago drag community came together and protected me the ENTIRE day. So many words of love and affirmation it really made a performer's heart so warm. "Thought I would share and get the word out there that no matter what anyone says to you, NEVER let anyone diminish the light you have inside of you! It's so much more important to be PROUD of you, express what you have to offer the world, and live FIERCELY." Earlier this month, Greene baselessly claimed that she believes straight people face extinction within 150 years. "Probably in about four or five generations, no one will be straight anymore," Greene said during a livestream broadcast on social media. "Everyone will be either gay or trans or nonconforming or whatever the list of 50 or 60 different options there are."