Former Vice President Joe Biden prides himself on his bipartisan relationships. At a speech in Omaha, Biden called Vice President Pence “a decent guy.” That statement drew quick criticism from the LGBTQ community, an influential liberal voting bloc. Pence has aggressively opposed gay rights as a lawmaker in Indiana and Washington. “Now as vice president, he poses one of the greatest threats to equality in the history of our movement." “I was making a point in a foreign policy context, that under normal circumstances a Vice President wouldn’t be given a silent reaction on the world stage.

Source: Washington Post March 01, 2019 15:56 UTC