Backlash Against Trump’s Pulse Tweet
Addison Herron-Wheeler is OUT FRONT's co-publisher and editor-in-chief and friend…
Although he failed to mention Pride month, Donald Trump seized the opportunity to Tweet about the PULSE massacre yesterday.
We will NEVER FORGET the victims who lost their lives one year ago today in the horrific #PulseNightClub shooting. #OrlandoUnitedDay pic.twitter.com/OFFUVAFBJM
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 12, 2017
Mike Pence, supporter of gay conversion therapy and general public enemy number one of LGBTQ acceptance, echoed the sentiment in a tweet of his own.
Well said @POTUS. We will never forget the victims of the terrorist attack in Orlando & we pray their loved ones find comfort & peace. https://t.co/GWhT8asFDj
— Vice President Pence (@VP) June 12, 2017
This sent queer activists on the internet into a frenzy of anger and rage. In addition to the slights already dealt by the Trump administration to the LGBTQ community, he congratulated himself for being right about Islamic terrorism when the tragedy occurred last year, via Twitter, of course.
“Appreciate the congrats on being right on radical Islamic terrorism,” he wrote.
The LGBTQ community quickly called Trump out for being a hypocrite due to his anti-gay agenda, and for using this tragedy as a way to further his Islamophobic agenda. The online response makes it clear that people are not ready to accept trump as a queer ally after one supportive Tweet.
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Addison Herron-Wheeler is OUT FRONT's co-publisher and editor-in-chief and friend to dogs everywhere. She enjoys long walks in the darkness away from any sources of sunlight, rainy days, and painfully dry comedy. She also covers cannabis and heavy metal, and is author of Wicked Woman: Women in Metal from the 1960s to Now and Respirator, a short story collection.