Tag Archives: Mike Pence

Trump mob attacks Capitol; LGBTs reps call for his removal

After a mob of Trump supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol today, disrupting the certification of Joe Biden as the next president, many openly LGBT members of Congress said they believe Trump must be removed from the White House.

V.P. debate: a draw with an ‘ominous’ tone

LGBT activists gave Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris high marks for her performance in Wednesday's debate but most also agreed that the debate did not likely sway many voters.

GOP night 3: Grenell mum on LGBT support for Trump

Openly gay speaker Richard Grenell had a prime spot in the Wednesday night line up at the GOP convention, but he never said a word about Trump's record on LGBT issues.

Buttigieg: “Politics can be ugly,” numerical, and wicked

Pete Buttigieg's racking up great numbers, in polling and dollars, but he's facing dirty tricks from Trump surrogates and coming up short on one really crucial number.

Buttigieg dodges attack from Trump surrogate

As openly gay presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg climbs into third place nationally in the large Democratic field, he has to dodge an insult from President Trump's openly gay ambassador to Germany.

Trump jokes about Pence hostility to gays

An article in the current New Yorker magazine quotes President Trump as “joking” that Vice President Pence is so hostile to gays he “wants to hang them all.” The news came as the Department of Justice reportedly took an unusually

VP debate: Stark silence on LGBT issues

Given Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence's recent very public struggle to defend a new Indiana anti-gay law, many expected the issue would come up in Tuesday's vice presidential debate. It didn't. And Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine made

VP candidates: A record of difference on LGBT issues

Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine and Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence have very different records on LGBT issues.

Trump confirms: Indiana Governor Pence will be his running mate

Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump just confirmed that he's asked Indiana Governor Mike Pence to be his running mate. Pence has a long record of opposition to equal rights for LGBT people, but he made many conservatives mad last year

Speed Read: Endorsing extremists?

The Texas Equity political action committee of the statewide LGBT political group Equality Texas raised some eyebrows last month when, for the first time ever, it endorsed for a state House seat a Republican that some characterize as a Tea