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Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday sent a message of support to an openly gay American figure skater whod reportedly turned down an invitation to meet with him at the Winter Games over his stance on gay rights. Tweeting directly to Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon, Pence offered a personal note of encouragement for the Games. I want you to know we are FOR YOU. Dont let fake news distract you. I am proud of you and ALL OF OUR GREAT athletes and my only hope for you and all of #TeamUSA is to bring home the gold, he wrote. The message came after Pence complained of one reporter trying to sow seeds of division ahead of the Games. Pence appeared to be referring to a USA Today report Wednesday that claimed hed reached out to Rippon through the U.S. Olympic Committee in a bid to set up a meeting and been turned down. According to the report, Pence sought the meeting after reading an article in which Rippon criticized his views on gay rights and support for conversion therapy. Jarrod Agen, the VPs communications director, denied late Wednesday that Pence had ever tried to meet with Rippon, calling the USA Today article false. However, early Thursday, an unnamed White House official confirmed to USA Today that Pence Chief of Staff Nick Ayers did contact the USOC and offered to have someone from the vice president's team explain to Rippon the confusion over Pences stance and that Pence would meet with Rippon or speak with him over the phone if he preferred.
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Javaman
(62,534 posts)roamer65
(36,747 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)You really did endorse the quackery that is conversion therapy, you monster.
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)hatrack
(59,593 posts)Hope they still have some norovirus left for you when you arrive to "lead" the Olympic delegation.
flotsam
(3,268 posts)Docreed2003
(16,878 posts)Mike Nelson
(9,970 posts)...is anxious to roll back civil rights. He would like to end marriage equality and believes people should be hired and fired based on their sexual preferences. Cheers to Adam for not meeting with the bigot!