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RandySF

(58,776 posts)
Mon Oct 16, 2017, 09:53 PM Oct 2017

Trump reportedly joked that Vice President Pence hates gays enough to "hang them all".

“Trump thinks Pence is great,” Bannon told me. But, according to a longtime associate, Trump also likes to “let Pence know who’s boss.” A staff member from Trump’s campaign recalls him mocking Pence’s religiosity. He said that, when people met with Trump after stopping by Pence’s office, Trump would ask them, “Did Mike make you pray?” Two sources also recalled Trump needling Pence about his views on abortion and homosexuality. During a meeting with a legal scholar, Trump belittled Pence’s determination to overturn Roe v. Wade. The legal scholar had said that, if the Supreme Court did so, many states would likely legalize abortion on their own. “You see?” Trump asked Pence. “You’ve wasted all this time and energy on it, and it’s not going to end abortion anyway.” When the conversation turned to gay rights, Trump motioned toward Pence and joked, “Don’t ask that guy—he wants to hang them all!”




https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/10/23/the-danger-of-president-pence

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Trump reportedly joked that Vice President Pence hates gays enough to "hang them all". (Original Post) RandySF Oct 2017 OP
Where are the Log Cabin Republicans now. Demtexan Oct 2017 #1
That, is a strange bunch IMO. Must be the Stockholm Syndrome at work. n/t RKP5637 Oct 2017 #3
Think someone would have spoken by now. Demtexan Oct 2017 #5
Yep, I think that's it!!!!!!! n/t RKP5637 Oct 2017 #8
Yep, MORON for sure! n/t RKP5637 Oct 2017 #2
The American taliban Matthew28 Oct 2017 #4
Unless There Is A Recording It Will Be Fake News.. Grassy Knoll Oct 2017 #6
I have no doubt about ryan_cats Oct 2017 #7
Pence, makes Trump seem liberal. I can stand Trump better than Pence. n/t RKP5637 Oct 2017 #9
I am really surprised that he hasn't attacked Pence yet Ruby the Liberal Oct 2017 #10
Yeah, the Trumpster 'joked' about Pence wanting to hang peggysue2 Oct 2017 #11
The scary thing is he may not be wrong RandySF Oct 2017 #12

ryan_cats

(2,061 posts)
7. I have no doubt about
Mon Oct 16, 2017, 10:09 PM
Oct 2017

I have no doubt about Pence's views on anything regarding LGBT rights or even existence.

I actually think Trump does not have a problem with our community but he answers to and is funded by people who seriously do so he cannot stand up to them. What a nightmare.


Remove Trump we get Osama bin Laden's more conservative and zealous brother in religion as president.

Ruby the Liberal

(26,219 posts)
10. I am really surprised that he hasn't attacked Pence yet
Mon Oct 16, 2017, 10:32 PM
Oct 2017

Its a given that Pence won't fight back, and someone *has* to have put the bug in Trumps ear by now that if TPTB decide they want Pence, they'll impeach him.

peggysue2

(10,828 posts)
11. Yeah, the Trumpster 'joked' about Pence wanting to hang
Tue Oct 17, 2017, 12:48 AM
Oct 2017

a bunch of people, in this case gay people. Because hangings are so very funny in a country with a legacy of lynchings.

What is wrong with this man? He's not funny. He's grotesque. His mocking backfired, blew right back on him. Where it rightly belongs.

RandySF

(58,776 posts)
12. The scary thing is he may not be wrong
Tue Oct 17, 2017, 12:58 AM
Oct 2017

Pence supported public funds for “gay conversion therapy’.

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