Mike Pence lashes out at gay Olympic figure skater
Mike Pence has lashed out at a gay figure skater who criticised his anti-LGBT record.
Adam Rippon, 28, was named as one of three male figure skaters who will skate for the US in Pyeongchang, South Korea in February.
The gay Olympian has made waves this week after saying he would refuse to meet with Vice President Mike Pence, who is set to lead the US delegation in the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Rippon said: “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.
“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 okay with what’s being said about people and Americans and foreigners and about different countries that are being called ‘shitholes,’ I think he should really go to church.”
The Vice President has since made the extraordinary decision to hit back at the Olympian.
Via his spokesperson, Pence ripped into the figure skater, suggesting he had misled the public.
Mike Pence lashes out at gay Olympic figure skater · PinkNews
Very sad.. a Homophobic VP - I bet you he's in the closet.
Mike Pence has lashed out at a gay figure skater who criticised his anti-LGBT record.
Adam Rippon, 28, was named as one of three male figure skaters who will skate for the US in Pyeongchang, South Korea in February.
The gay Olympian has made waves this week after saying he would refuse to meet with Vice President Mike Pence, who is set to lead the US delegation in the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Rippon said: “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.
“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 okay with what’s being said about people and Americans and foreigners and about different countries that are being called ‘shitholes,’ I think he should really go to church.”
The Vice President has since made the extraordinary decision to hit back at the Olympian.
Via his spokesperson, Pence ripped into the figure skater, suggesting he had misled the public.
Mike Pence lashes out at gay Olympic figure skater · PinkNews
Very sad.. a Homophobic VP - I bet you he's in the closet.
