‘Donald Trump Struggled to Read the Letters L-G-B-T-Q Off a Teleprompter Last Week’
Chad Griffin brought the house down Thursday afternoon at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. The Human Rights Campaign president took on and took down Donald Trump, accusing the GOP nominee of using the anti-gay hate crime mass shooting terror attack in Orlando last month to further his political aspirations.
“While the nation mourned, Donald Trump strutted before the cameras, and exploited our national tragedy,” Griffin told delegates at the DNC. “He had the audacity to tell the American public he was the true champion for LGBTQ people in this race, and that our community would be better off with him in the White House. He even challenged his skeptics to, and I quote – ‘ask the gays.'”
“While Donald Trump has threatened to strip away our rights, the Hillary Clinton I first got to know as a closeted kid growing up in Arkansas has always been willing to stand up for the voiceless, and she’s made fighting for equality a cornerstone of her campaign,” Griffin said.
“While Donald Trump has promised to legalize Kim Davis-style discrimination in all 50 states, Hillary Clinton has promised to sign the Equality Act into law.”
“While Donald Trump chose as his running mate a governor who tried to divert HIV funding in order to finance the abusive practice of so-called ‘conversion therapy,’ Hillary Clinton, on the other hand, is committed to stopping the spread of HIV, banning conversion therapy for minors, and ending the hate and violence our community still faces.”
“And long before Donald Trump struggled to read the letters ‘LGBTQ’ off a teleprompter last week, Hillary Clinton stood before the United Nations and boldly declared that gay rights are human rights and human rights are gay rights.”
“And I want to remind Donald Trump of one more thing. The LGBTQ community is as diverse as the fabric of our nation. We are Muslim. We are Jewish. We are women. We are Black, white and Latino. We are immigrants and we are people with disabilities. And when you attack one of us, you are attacking all of us.”
“And that my friends we’re together, we are all with her.”
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