In case you're Donald Trump Jr., you might be unaware that Vice President Mike Pence was hoping to have a little meeting with openly gay U.S. figure skater Adam Rippon, but Rippon turned him down.
"...a White House official confirmed that the vice president's chief of staff Nick Ayers called U.S. Olympic Committee CEO Scott Blackmun after Rippon had initially criticized Pence last month."We've been over Mike Pence's gubernatorial record on LGBTQ and religious issues. He campaigned in favor of "conversion therapy" to Clockwork Orange the LGBTQness out of us; and as Governor of Indiana signed a bill to bless religion-based discrimination by businesses, health care workers, landlords and passers-by against LGBTQ citizens.
Adding, "Ayers offered to have someone from the vice president's team explain to Rippon the confusion over Pence's stance. Ayers also said that Pence would meet with Rippon or speak with him over the phone if he preferred, the White House official said."
Which he now says is just fake news.
Since his job these days (when he's not on hand to be the 51st Republican vote in the Senate) apparently includes attending sporting events simply so he can stalk out of them in a huff, Rippon wisely perceived that Mr. Pence wouldn't be able to flounce away from their meeting if Rippon decided to sit this one out.
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