Posted on 02/07/2018 10:08:31 AM PST by markomalley
Team USA figure skater Adam Rippon reportedly turned down an offer to take part in a conversation with Vice President Mike Pence just hours after the openly gay athlete slammed Pence's anti-LGBT policies and President Trump's comments about African countries.
Rippon had lambasted the vice president's highly visible role at the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in an interview with USA Today published last month. Pence has been considered an opponent of the LGBT community after he signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act as governor of Indiana.
When asked about Pence's role in leading the U.S. delegation to the opening ceremonies, Rippon responded to the outlet, "You mean Mike Pence, the same Mike Pence that funded gay conversion therapy? I'm not buying it."
"I don't think he has a real concept of reality," Rippon told the newspaper. "To stand by some of the things that Donald Trump has said and for Mike Pence to say he's a devout Christian man is completely contradictory. If he's OK with what's being said about people and Americans and foreigners and about different countries that are being called 'sh*tholes,' I think he should really go to church."
Rippon's initial criticism of Pence drew a sharp rebuke from his press secretary, Alyssa Farah, who called some of his statements "totally false" and that they had "no basis in fact."
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Someone has their panties in a wad.
simply cant tell them apart.
They will get it when they are no longer viewed by the illumaniti as brilliant and brave. Or, more to the point, when the illumaniti no longer matters.
When I think of Olympics, I think of Mitt Romney. So I doubt I’ll be watching except maybe downhill or giant slalom skiing if they still have those events. And ski jumping. Anything not judged on time or distance is subjective bullshit. Men’s figure skating? Guess whoever blows the judges or vice versa.
GOYAKLA wrote:
Do I see Chapstick?
I hope chapstick is the only thing you are seeing.
Pence is a better man but I hate faggots. Talking to them is like talking to a liberal. Nothing will good come out of it.
Typical Lib, afraid of the other side. Just another swishy snowflake!-)
“BJ” Clinton says there is a difference, between Lip Balm and Lip Bomb!
;^}
he doesn’t even deserve the bronze.
What??? A queer figure skater??? Next thing you’ll be telling me that interior decorators and choreographers are poofs!
Yeah, I clicked the link, and first thing I saw was he was a figure skater. Also found out he’s a moron. Guess homosexuality destroyed his gray matter. Also assume he’ll come in 70th.
Kudos for your comment.
Ive seen this guy skate..a few weeks ago, some figure skating event in Russia, he STUNK..I mean honestly he just plain SUCKED..was nice to see him fall repeatedly
The U.S. Men’s Heterosexual Figure Skating Championship - SNL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1ZYTQToX9A
YUCK! Why’s he holding his penis?
Thisssss isssss jusssstt terrible........poor little figger skater and big ol’ mean Mike Pence. Just not fair.......s/
Whys he holding his penis?....He’s lonely?
This was Rippon’s 15 minutes of fame. Now he can go to PeoyongChang and place 7th or 9th or 10th, and that’ll be that.
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