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Related: About this forumCher slams Trump’s ‘disingenuous’ promises to gay fans: ‘My people will not believe him’
Cher slams Trumps disingenuous promises to gay fans: My people will not believe him
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/cher-slams-trumps-disingenuous-promises-to-gay-fans-my-people-will-not-believe-him/
Arturo Garcia
23 Aug 2016 at 23:29 ET
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Hes the most disingenuous man Ive ever seen, she told MSNBC host Lawrence ODonnell in a phone interview. I want to tell you: my people will not believe him for a minute.
At last months Republican National Convention, Trump said he would protect LGBTQ Americans from attacks like the Orlando massacre that left 49 people dead at a gay nightclub.
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But the Academy Award-winner, who has publicly backed Democrat Hillary Clinton rejected his argument, arguing that Trump met with a group of anti-LGBTQ religious leaders since winning the nomination.
How does he go from that meeting to telling my people that he will protect them? she asked.
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Watch footage from the interview, as aired on Tuesday, below..........
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Cher slams Trump’s ‘disingenuous’ promises to gay fans: ‘My people will not believe him’ (Original Post)
riversedge
Aug 2016
OP
He just wanted to sell lots of guns to gays for his NRA buds. No one buying his paranoid fantasy
Person 2713
Aug 2016
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Person 2713
(3,263 posts)1. He just wanted to sell lots of guns to gays for his NRA buds. No one buying his paranoid fantasy
Except for some log cabin republicans, he should just forget about trying. Not happening . Not now
Not November
brooklynite
(94,513 posts)2. Question: what makes them "her people"?
riversedge
(70,200 posts)3. That stuck out for me also. I imagine she now
sees the gay lesbian transgender community as being part of her community now that she has reconciled with her transgender son. Just my opine.