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BY JACQUELINE THOMSEN - 10/16/17 08:39 AM EDT
President Trump once joked that Vice President Mike Pence wants to hang all gay people, The New Yorker reported Monday.
The publication all reports that Trump has mocked Pence for his views opposing abortion and LGBTQ rights.Trump jabbed at Pence after a legal scholar told the pair that if the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, many states would probably legalize abortion.
You see? Trump reportedly said to Pence. Youve wasted all this time and energy on it, and its not going to end abortion anyway. And when the meeting began to focus on gay rights, Trump reportedly pointed to Pence, joking, Dont ask that guy he wants to hang them all!
One Trump campaign staffer also told The New Yorker that Trump used to ask people leaving meetings with Pence, Did Mike make you pray?"
One source said the president likes to "let Pence know who's boss," according to the report.
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http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/355594-trump-joked-that-pence-wants-to-hang-all-gay-people-report
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)when he's NOT joking!!
gordianot
(15,240 posts)Makes you wonder where all those Trump administration leaks come from?
7962
(11,841 posts)joeybee12
(56,177 posts)He's biding his time until trumpenfuhrer is out.
DK504
(3,847 posts)doesn't start measuring the drapes yet.
Bleacher Creature
(11,257 posts)Maybe I'm slow, but I don't get it.
Gothmog
(145,321 posts)Mendocino
(7,495 posts)used a phrase called "kidding on the square". This meant using a statement as a joke, but you are serious about the intent. Al wasn't the first to say it, but he popularized it.
So Trump and Pence are just here for kicks and giggles.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)Trump or Pence. We can only hope Mueller nails them both. But then...Paul Ryan.
We're fucked.
Crash2Parties
(6,017 posts)First hit:
Sources with links to the intelligence community now confirm that a tape exists of Paul Ryan, the Speaker of the House, discussing how Russian money could be funneled without detection to target GOP campaigns, including Ryans.
These sources report that Mr. Ryan is also on tape discussing how he can best use and disseminate Wikileaks material that was hacked from the DNC by Russia in order to win both his own election and election for Trump.
Further, sources say, the tape of Mr. Ryan discussing his knowledge of Russia funding the GOP that has previously been published in the Washington Post is in fact a small fragment of a much more damaging tape.
[link:https://patribotics.blog/2017/06/09/paul-ryan-taped-with-russian-ambassador-on-gop-money-laundering/]
spanone
(135,844 posts)demmiblue
(36,865 posts)Saviolo
(3,282 posts)Yeah, this is all super normal, right?
Ohohoh!! the Vice President of the United States of America wants to literally kill homosexuals for being gay! Ahahahaha this is a funny and normal joke that isn't at all scary to all of us who happen to be LGBTQ. Heeheeheehee!! and the USA just voted against a resolution condemning gay death penalties around the world. Whee, I'm so glad this is just all so normal, now.
calimary
(81,322 posts)and worse.
Permanut
(5,612 posts)Crash2Parties
(6,017 posts)I mean, look at these people:
http://www.logcabin.org/about-us/leadership/
Except for that little gay thing, they fit right in. And really, they'll just keep quiet about it if they're allowed to sit at the big table...
Permanut
(5,612 posts)Thanks for the link. I was being snarky without knowing a lot about the group, but now it seems like snark is appropriate. I don't know, just seems like "Jews for Hitler", or "African Americans for Spencer". Doesn't compute in my brain.
kimmylavin
(2,284 posts)Also nice to see how deep Trump's "pro-life" commitment goes.