Tony Perkins Successfully Introduces Plank Supporting Anti-LGBT Conversion Therapy Into GOP Platform
Anti-Gay Hate Group Leader Again Impacts Republican National Committee Platform
Republican National Committee subcommittee members Monday voted to approve a plank embracing the use of harmful anti-LGBT conversion therapy, after it was introduced by the head of a certified anti-gay hate group. The plank will be voted on by a committee and then all RNC voting members before becoming an official part of the 2016 platform.
Family Research Council president Tony Perkins (photo, left), an RNC delegate, Monday morning met with RNC chair Reince Priebus, reportedly to discuss including the call to support medically dangerous efforts that claim to change a person’s sexual orientation.
.@tperkins talking to the press abt today’s GOP platform Meeting #RNCinCLE pic.twitter.com/HLkkZ6BKqo
— JP Duffy (@JPDuffy) July 11, 2016
Several states have banned the practice among minors, and at least one court has labeled the practice consumer fraud. The American Medical Association and most other multi-national medical organizations have denounced the practice as well.
Language: “We support the right of parents to determine the proper treatment or therapy, for their minor children.”
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) July 11, 2016
Earlier Monday morning subcommittees voted for amendments that call for to the Bible being taught in schools, and transgender people to use the restroom of the gender they were assigned at birth, and voted to keep a call for a ban on same-sex marriage in their 2016 national platform.
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Billionaire Tom Steyer has dropped out of the Democratic presidential race after spending $20 million in South Carolina but not qualifying for any state-wide delegates amid a poor showing.
Former Vice President Joe Biden won South Carolina on Saturday, with Sen. Bernie Sanders projected to come in a distant second.
UPDATE –
Steyer’s announcement:
JUST IN: Pledging to continue to work on issues of racial injustice and climate change, Tom Steyer announces he is dropping out of the 2020 race: "Honestly, I can't see a path where I can win the presidency." https://t.co/cCHF35HNq6 pic.twitter.com/sj4iapZMyI
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) March 1, 2020
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NO CONFIDENCE VOTE
‘Does Not Project Any Confidence’: Internet Disgusted by ‘Doped-Up’ Trump During Coronavirus Press Conference
President Donald Trump once again hastily called a press conference held literally minutes after news broke that the U.S. has had its first coronavirus-19 death, in Washington state. Trump by most accounts did not inspire confidence, He also understated the number of people in the U.S. confirmed to have been infected by this new novel coronavirus. But perhaps most disturbing, many say, is Trump once against did not inspire confidence as he rambled and rattled off words that did not seem to make much sense.
Here’s what experts and others are saying in response to the Trump-Pence press conference.
Unreal. Azar says the risk remains low because of actions Trump has taken. They are just going to try to run their usual playbook of dear leader praise and politicization in the midst of an outbreak.
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) February 29, 2020
Trump is a politician who came to power by generating often irrational fears among the population therefore he is just absolutely terrible at trying to calm fears. It's like watching a hippo try to fly.
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) February 29, 2020
We should not have to listen to three politicians before we hear from a doctor. And, the WH continues to lie about the number of cases inside the US. #corona
— Frank Figliuzzi (@FrankFigliuzzi1) February 29, 2020
POTUS's doped-up, 40rpm ponderings on wounded warriors and the nature of the fighting in Afghanistan was possibly the most unpresidential statement on a "peace deal" ever.
And yes he ended it with the threat of annihilation.
— Molly McKew (@MollyMcKew) February 29, 2020
Stop fucking giving yourselves credit for shutting down travel to China. Nobody gives a shit. The virus is already here. What’s the plan now??
— Bob Lynch (@BobLynchpin) February 29, 2020
And ends with an appeal to the media and public not to induce panic, as if the problem with public perception is the media's reporting – rather than the White House's muddled, contradictory, and misleading messaging over the past few weeks.
Counterpoint: https://t.co/8U9LPGqKZa
— Jeremy Konyndyk (@JeremyKonyndyk) February 29, 2020
"We have taken the most aggressive measures of any country"
Holy shit no we haven't.
China shut down entire cities and hit pause on its economy. Japan is closing schools. S. Korea has tested ~40k people. We've done nothing approaching that level of aggressiveness.
— Jeremy Konyndyk (@JeremyKonyndyk) February 29, 2020
Reporter – do you regret using the term "hoax" in the context of Coronavirus last night?
Trump: nope.
(Argues the hoax is criticism of his administration's response, not the disease itself – same vibe as on Puerto Rico)
— Jeremy Konyndyk (@JeremyKonyndyk) February 29, 2020
Well this inspires confidence in Trump's grasp of the facts… #Loser https://t.co/RXUZXDIiEE
— ActionTogetherNJ (@Action2getherNJ) February 29, 2020
Trump is on TV. He seems to be very heavily medicated. He does not project any confidence. It was suppose to be about Coronavirus. He is speaking about Afghanistan. I cry for America today. #StableGenius
— Heidi Stine (@stinefinewine) February 29, 2020
Watching trump try to spin this #CoronavirusOutbreak presser doesn't inspire confidence for me. He's so in over his head.
— MJdowntheshore (@MJdowntheshore) February 29, 2020
Anyone reassured right now?
— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) February 29, 2020
Trump looks confused and like he has been sedated.
Mike Pence looks like he's feeling the strain.
My confidence, even in this ship of fools, is at an all time low.
— 🗽Cindy "#Warren2020" McLennan (@cindymclennan) February 29, 2020
Watching Trump's press conference – OMG he does not inspire confidence in his government's handling of the corona virus – he's just interested in self congratulations – all more than anyone could have imagined. FFS vote the dumb fuck out of office before he kills you all.
— PinkFlamingo (@PinkFla74766001) February 29, 2020
News
Americans Who Believe Trump’s Spin on Coronavirus Will Get ‘What They Deserve’: Former Ebola Czar
President Donald Trump’s credibility deficit is coming into play as Americans wonder whether to listen to his debunked claims or facts from medical experts on the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic.
Former U.S. Ebola response coordinator Ron Klain, who was known as the “Ebola Czar,” was interviewed Friday evening by Ali Velshi on MSNBC’s “The Last Word.”
Klain said the administration was facing a “crisis of both confidence and competence.”
“On the confidence side, anyone who believes what Donald Trump says kind of gets what they deserve at this stage of the game,” he argued. “But the problem is, the administration has silenced the people we can trust.”
“We can’t trust our president and the people we can trust aren’t being allowed to tell us the truth,” he noted.
Watch:
‘Does Not Project Any Confidence’: Internet Disgusted by ‘Doped-Up’ Trump During Coronavirus Press Conference
Americans Who Believe Trump’s Spin on Coronavirus Will Get ‘What They Deserve’: Former Ebola Czar
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‘Does Not Project Any Confidence’: Internet Disgusted by ‘Doped-Up’ Trump During Coronavirus Press Conference
Americans Who Believe Trump’s Spin on Coronavirus Will Get ‘What They Deserve’: Former Ebola Czar
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