Richard Grenell, the former acting director of national intelligence hailed by gay conservatives for being the first openly gay Cabinet member, made no mention of his sexual orientation or LGBTQ issues in his speech Thursday at the Republican National Convention.
Instead, Grenell promoted President Trump’s foreign policy of “America First,” which has been criticized for promoting nationalist interests at the expense of America’s global standing. “America First does not advance the interests of one group of Americans at the expense of another,” Grenell said. “It has no bias about red and blue, educated or not educated, urban or rural.