Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner worked to sink LGBT order

[DonViejo]

Source: Politico



Members of the religious right with ties to the Trump administration say they have been led to believe that some changes will still be coming.

By ANNIE KARNI 02/03/17 02:16 PM EST

Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump helped lead the charge to scuttle a draft executive order that would have overturned Obama-era enforcements of LGBT rights in the workplace, multiple sources with knowledge of the situation told POLITICO.

A draft executive order on LGBT rights that outlines how to roll back former President Barack Obama’s protections and expand legal exemptions based on religious beliefs has been circulating among journalists and worried progressive groups this week.

But two sources close to Kushner and Ivanka Trump, who have a record of supporting gay rights, said the couple favored putting out a clear statement from the president, promising to uphold the 2014 Obama executive order and stopping the momentum for the turnaround in its tracks.

On Tuesday night, the White House released a statement saying that “President Donald J. Trump is determined to protect the rights of all Americans, including the LGBTQ community. President Trump continues to be respectful and supportive of LGBTQ rights, just as he was throughout the election.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/ivanka-trump-jared-kushner-lgbt-order-234617

[LisaM]

1. Yes, but it's approaching sundown on a Friday...

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Will it be overturned tomorrow?

[Glimmer of Hope]

2. Oh no! It will be very telling if it is overturned.

[yallerdawg]

3. That's right!

24 hours of 'Purge' starts!

[hibbing]

4. Pence and the other puritans will pout

They are so anxious to go back in time.

Peace

[OKNancy]

5. I suspected as much

Plus the blowback would have been nuclear. Kushner is not stupid.

[paleotn]

6. Christian right

is going to be pissed.

[bucolic_frolic]

7. Pence on deck

and they'll do anything they can to give him a home run swing

[Ms. Toad]

8. I didn't really believe the earlier story -

that Trump, himself, put it to bed.

[TeamPooka]

9. Now the world knows Jared and Ivanka have no real power or influence.

Two little show ponies.

[LiberalLovinLug]

10. The women of The View first said this before the election

That Ivanka could be a national heroine if she would denounce her father's administration (no doubt she would still have some kind of love for him). As it is, her brand, along with the rest of the family, is being boycotted more and more. I could see the Ivanka brand skyrocketing if she would just break away and say she will have nothing to do with her fathers administration and say publicly that she disagrees with him on most everything. Yeah it would be asking a lot as her father would not take to that kindly and probably strike her from his will. But she would have the potential to create and grow her own brand tremendously and wouldn't need daddies money.

[milestogo]

11. But she's the first lady.

She's not going to do anything to jeopardize that.

[Tanuki]

12. Maybe they did, maybe they didn't. I don't believe anything put about

by "sources close" to any of that pack of liars. Maybe someone decided the First Lady her husband (Ivanka and Jared) are in need of an image makeover after recent bad press.

[Doitnow]

13. I think the whole bunch are playing good cop-bad cop. So much

lying is going on from the rethug camp that when and if they tell a truth, no one will believe them. Some people have a talent for sinking themselves.

[JI7]

14. Ivanka was concerned about PR and how it affects her business

because this means nothing if he appoints judges and does other things which will roll back any rights that were gained.