White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany falsely said Wednesday that President Trump was the first to adorn the White House with a red ribbon commemorating World AIDS Day, dodging a question from the Washington Blade on why he omitted any reference to LGBTQ people from his proclamation. “The president honored World AIDS Day yesterday in a way that no president has before with the red ribbon there, and I think he commemorated the day as he should,” McEnany said.
As pointed out by ABC News’ Karen Travers on Twitter, Trump wasn’t the first president to use the red ribbon. Both former President Obama and former President George W.