DNC spotlights anti-LGBTQ records of Trump’s VP contenders
With a Pride Month push to begin on Saturday, the Democratic National Committee will spotlight the anti-LGBTQ records of GOP candidates vying to join former President Donald Trump on the Republican ticket.
The initiative is part of the DNC’s recently-launched “Trump’s MAGA Veepstakes” series. “Donald Trump’s VP contenders are just like him: extreme, hateful, and out of touch with the American people,” DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd said in a statement previewed by the Washington Blade. “Trump’s VP contenders have long records of spewing hateful rhetoric and pushing dangerous anti-equality policies that put LGBTQ Americans at risk – from voting against protecting marriage equality and workplace discrimination protections to championing conversion therapy,” Floyd said. “These shameful records should be disqualifying, but for Trump, being hateful and out of touch is part of the running-mate litmus test,” Floyd said. “In November, the American people will reject Trump and whichever MAGA minion he chooses as his running mate.” In an email alert tomorrow, the DNC will highlight instances in which the top picks for Trump’s VP candidate have “signed, sponsored, and backed hateful anti-LGBTQ legislation.” Examples include: Republican U.S.
Sens. Tom Cotton (Ark.) and Marsha Blackburn’s (Tenn.) votes against the Respect for Marriage Act, which codified protections for same-sex and interracial couples and was signed by President Joe Biden in December 2022, The bill signed on Monday by Republican North Dakota Gov.
Doug Burgum, which “allows public school teachers and state government employees to ignore the pronouns their transgender students and colleagues use” (per NBC News), The bill proposed by U.S.
