Schock admission: ‘I am gay’

By Zach Halaschak

Published March 5, 2020 7:57pm ET

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Schock admission: ‘I am gay’ — Rep. Aaron Schock, R-Ill., questions ousted IRS Chief Steve Miller and J. Russell George, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, as they testify during a hearing at the House Ways and Means Committee on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) practice of targeting applicants for tax-exempt status based on political leanings on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Friday, May 17, 2013. | (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Former Republican Rep. Aaron Schock revealed he is gay in a statement shared on social media.

“I am gay. For those who know me and for many who know only of me, this will come as no surprise,” the former Illinois congressman began a lengthy Instagram post on Thursday. “The fact that I am gay is just one of those things in life in need of explicit affirmation, to remove any doubt and to finally validate who I am as a person.”

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