Irish PM brings partner to meet Mike Pence and delivers pointed remarks on sexuality

The Guardian UK ^ | 14 Mar 2019 | Luke O'Neil

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Warning: Hypocritical hit piece

The Irish prime minister, Leo Varadkar, who is gay, brought his partner to a meeting on Thursday with the US vice-president, Mike Pence, a conservative Christian once dubbed “the face of anti-LGBTQ hate in America”.

Varadkar, who is in Washington this week to reaffirm the longstanding shared history between the two countries, brought his partner, Matt Barrett, to a St Patrick’s Day breakfast at the vice-presidential residence at the Naval Observatory.

Varadkar tweeted that he and Barrett had received a “warm reception” at Pence’s home, but in pointed remarks to Pence and gathered media, he also called out various forms of discrimination.

“I lived in a country where if I’d tried to be myself at the time, it would have ended up breaking laws,” he said. “But today, that is all changed. I stand here, leader of my country, flawed and human, but judged by my political actions, and not by my sexual orientation, my skin tone, gender or religious beliefs.”

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Very rude, especially since he had been graciously recieved.

That's par for the course with these deviants.

[Political Junkie Too]

And as a guest in Pence's home, too.

-PJ

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he didn't return the graciousness.

that was exactly my thought.