Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Oxon Hill, Md., on March 1. While Biden later walked back his comments and acknowledged that “there is nothing decent about being anti-LGBTQ rights,” I think it’s important to explain why calling Pence “a decent guy” is an affront to the real meaning of the word. As governor of Indiana, Pence signed a “religious freedom” bill that would have allowed LGBTQ discrimination. The fact that Pence does vile, hateful things while well-coiffed and calm doesn’t make him decent; it makes him insidious and dangerous. And when Biden was vice president, it’s true that Republicans largely granted him a level of respect — but that came at President Barack Obama’s expense.

Source: Washington Post March 02, 2019 18:21 UTC