Ahead of the October 7 vice presidential debate, a coalition of LGBTQ advocacy organizations — including the Human Rights Campaign, LGBTQ Victory Fund, and Media Matters Action Network — sent debate moderator Susan Page a letter urging her to ask candidates about LGBTQ issues. According to Yahoo News, the letter "specifically zeroed in on stances taken by Pence and the Trump administration as racist, misogynistic, and transphobic, and urged both Page and the commission to press Pence on his record." The letter was ignored.