Trumps comment about vice president hanging gay people

BY CHRIS JOHNSON, WASHINGTON BLADE

President Trump reportedly joked Vice President Mike Pence wants to "wants to hang" all the gays. (Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key)


The anti-LGBT history of Vice President Mike Pence apparently isn't missing on President Trump, who once joked his No. 2 in office "wants to hang" all the gay people, according to a recent article in the New Yorker.
The lengthy profile piece on Mike Pence contains significant details about his long career in politics starting as a U.S. House member, then Indiana governor and now vice president — highlighting Pence's ties to the corporate right, including the Koch brothers, and the social conservative movement. (Recalling Pence's time as a member of Congress, a former Republican staff member is quoted as saying Pence "was as far right as you could go without falling off the earth.")
Although Pence has aided Trump is serving a liaison to Congress and administration officials, the article says Trump likes to "let Pence know who's boss." Citing two sources familiar with a meeting Trump and Pence had with a legal scholar, the article says Trump mocked his vice president's views.
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by HRC Staff •

Post submitted by Lucas Acosta (he/him), former Deputy Director of Communications, Politics

HRC outlines Trump and Biden’s record and plans leading on LGBTQ equality.

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