Gavin Newsom: Peter Thiel Doesn’t Make Up For Anti-LGBT Mike Pence
California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom took on the Republican Party’s anti-LGBT hypocrisy Wednesday during remarks at the Democratic National Convention, arguing that featuring an openly gay speaker doesn’t erase GOP vice presidential nominee Mike Pence’s anti-LGBT record. Newsom, in an address at the Wells Fargo Center, focused on GOP nominee Donald Trump and his party, which Newsom argued has “moved its fearmongering fringe to center stage.” He noted that it was admirable that the GOP featured a gay speaker at last week’s party convention in Cleveland ― Trump advocate and PayPal cofounder Peter Thiel. But it’s not enough to convince […]