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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Sun Aug 25, 2019, 11:22 AM Aug 2019

Trump claims 'some of my biggest supporters' are gay

President Donald Trump finally acknowledged the Log Cabin Republicans controversial endorsement of his reelection campaign. Trump used it as a shield to deflect a question about his administration’s nonstop attacks on the LGBT community.

The same day the group put out their endorsement, the administration submitted a brief to the Supreme Court arguing that discrimination against LGBTQ people should be legalized. While numerous courts in multiple cases have found that the community is protected under existing civil rights laws, the administration argues that LGBT people shouldn’t be covered since they were not specifically included by name.

“Mr President,” a reporter asked during the scrum. “your administration has been taking steps to make it easier to discriminate against LGBT people in the workforce. Are you okay with that?”

“Well, you know, I just got an award and an endorsement yesterday from a, the exact group that gave… You saw that? They gave me the endorsement yesterday and I was very honored to… Is it Log Cabin? The Log Cabin group.” Trump said as he stumbled through his answer. “And I was very honored to receive it.
No, I’ve done really well with that community,” Trump continued. “Some of my biggest supporters are of that community and I think that they, and I talk to them a lot about it. Uh, I think I’ve done really very well with that community. As you know, Peter Thiel and so many others, there with me all the way and they like the job I’m doing. And I just got a big endorsement from the, uh, Log Cabin group.”

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2019/08/trump-claims-biggest-supporters-gay-support-plan-legalize-discrimination/

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Trump claims 'some of my biggest supporters' are gay (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Aug 2019 OP
I'll bet the old fool couldn't name even one. Firestorm49 Aug 2019 #1
Peter Thiel irisblue Aug 2019 #3
Rich guy who wants his tax cuts. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2019 #6
His elevator shoes are gay? Turbineguy Aug 2019 #2
Lol blm Aug 2019 #12
Lindsey Graham, Mitch, McConnell, Mike Pence, to name 3. blm Aug 2019 #4
Mother won't be happy. Meadowoak Aug 2019 #5
The TMZ guy is a big supporter of mf45 kimbutgar Aug 2019 #7
Who is "the TMZ guy" ? left-of-center2012 Aug 2019 #8
Harvey Levin kimbutgar Aug 2019 #9
Where is he mentioned in the OP? left-of-center2012 Aug 2019 #10
He is one of mf45 big gay supporters kimbutgar Aug 2019 #11
Scumbags of a feather flock together. Crowman2009 Aug 2019 #13

irisblue

(32,974 posts)
3. Peter Thiel
Sun Aug 25, 2019, 11:30 AM
Aug 2019

From his wiki-Peter Andreas Thiel (/tiːl/; born October 11, 1967) is an American entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He is a co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies and Founders Fund. He was ranked No. 4 on the Forbes Midas List of 2014, with a net worth of $2.2 billion, and No. 328 on the Forbes 400 in 2018, with a net worth of $2.5 billion.[3][4]



Snip-Thiel, who himself is gay,[99][100] has supported gay rights causes such as the American Foundation for Equal Rights and GOProud.[101]


So a very rich man.

Crowman2009

(2,495 posts)
13. Scumbags of a feather flock together.
Tue Aug 27, 2019, 01:59 PM
Aug 2019

A head of another tabloid org. being friends with Drumpf? I didn't see that coming!

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