Trump joked Pence 'wants to hang' all gay people, New Yorker reports

[DonViejo]

BY JACQUELINE THOMSEN - 10/16/17 08:39 AM EDT

President Trump once joked that Vice President Mike Pence “wants to hang” all gay people, The New Yorker reported Monday.

The publication all reports that Trump has mocked Pence for his views opposing abortion and LGBTQ rights.Trump jabbed at Pence after a legal scholar told the pair that if the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, many states would probably legalize abortion.

“You see?” Trump reportedly said to Pence. “You’ve wasted all this time and energy on it, and it’s not going to end abortion anyway.” And when the meeting began to focus on gay rights, Trump reportedly pointed to Pence, joking, “Don’t ask that guy — he wants to hang them all!”

One Trump campaign staffer also told The New Yorker that Trump used to ask people leaving meetings with Pence, “Did Mike make you pray?"

One source said the president likes to "let Pence know who's boss," according to the report.

more
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/355594-trump-joked-that-pence-wants-to-hang-all-gay-people-report

[Achilleaze]

1. Note well:

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

4. The not-so-funny-thing is that the Nazi-in-Chief reveals his racism, misogyny, and other bigotry...

when he's NOT joking!!

[gordianot]

2. Pence is biding his time.

Makes you wonder where all those Trump administration leaks come from?

[7962]

14. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh.........

[joeybee12]

3. Pence is a power hungry coward

He's biding his time until trumpenfuhrer is out.

[DK504]

8. He is being investigated by Mueller as well. Hope he

doesn't start measuring the drapes yet.

[Bleacher Creature]

5. That's what constitutes a joke to these RW freaks???

Maybe I'm slow, but I don't get it.

[Gothmog]

6. Who is surprised by this?

[Mendocino]

7. Al Franken

used a phrase called "kidding on the square". This meant using a statement as a joke, but you are serious about the intent. Al wasn't the first to say it, but he popularized it.

So Trump and Pence are just here for kicks and giggles.

[NastyRiffraff]

9. I honestly don't know which one is worse..

Trump or Pence. We can only hope Mueller nails them both. But then...Paul Ryan.

We're fucked.

[Crash2Parties]

17. Google: paul ryan russians

First hit:

Sources with links to the intelligence community now confirm that a tape exists of Paul Ryan, the Speaker of the House, discussing how Russian money could be funneled without detection to target GOP campaigns, including Ryan’s.

These sources report that Mr. Ryan is also on tape discussing how he can best use and disseminate Wikileaks material that was hacked from the DNC by Russia in order to win both his own election and election for Trump.

Further, sources say, the tape of Mr. Ryan discussing his knowledge of Russia funding the GOP that has previously been published in the Washington Post is in fact a small fragment of a much more damaging tape.

[link:https://patribotics.blog/2017/06/09/paul-ryan-taped-with-russian-ambassador-on-gop-money-laundering/]

[spanone]

10. i don't believe he was joking.

[demmiblue]

11. K&R

[Saviolo]

12. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Yeah, this is all super normal, right?

Ohohoh!! the Vice President of the United States of America wants to literally kill homosexuals for being gay! Ahahahaha this is a funny and normal joke that isn't at all scary to all of us who happen to be LGBTQ. Heeheeheehee!! and the USA just voted against a resolution condemning gay death penalties around the world. Whee, I'm so glad this is just all so normal, now.

[calimary]

13. This just gets worse and worse and worse and worse

and worse.

[Permanut]

15. Golly, there goes the Log Cabin Republican vote. n/t

[Crash2Parties]

18. Don't bet on it...

I mean, look at these people:
http://www.logcabin.org/about-us/leadership/

Except for that little gay thing, they fit right in. And really, they'll just keep quiet about it if they're allowed to sit at the big table...

[Permanut]

19. Point taken..

Thanks for the link. I was being snarky without knowing a lot about the group, but now it seems like snark is appropriate. I don't know, just seems like "Jews for Hitler", or "African Americans for Spencer". Doesn't compute in my brain.

[kimmylavin]

16. Hilarious.

Also nice to see how deep Trump's "pro-life" commitment goes.