Trump Spent Sunday Attacking Pete Buttigieg and Threatening War

President tweeted about Pete Buttigieg in advance of Fox News town hall event.

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Megan Mullally & Stephanie Hunt on how gay fans have propelled their new band
Megan tells Queerty: So I started going up to people in West Hollywood and saying, “Hi, I played Karen on Will & Grace. I’m in a band, come see us at Largo down the street. Here’s a flyer.”

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‘FOX & Friends’ Host Calls Pete Buttigieg a ‘Clown,’ Warps His Remarks About Jefferson to Imply He’s Unpatriotic: WATCH

FOX & Friends warped Pete Buttigieg’s remarks on Thomas Jefferson to try and paint a picture of the South Bend mayor as unpatriotic and imply he wants to cancel the Founding Fathers from history.

Mayor Pete’s remarks on Jefferson were made in an interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt last week. Hewitt had asked him about the practice of renaming things that were named to honor a slave owner.

Buttigieg offered, as usual, a nuanced answer: “Yeah, we’re doing that in Indiana. I think it’s the right thing to do. Over time, you develop and evolve on the things you choose to honor … Jefferson is more problematic. There’s a lot, of course, to admire in his thinking and his philosophy, but then again if you plunge into his writings, especially the notes on the state of Virginia, you know that he knew slavery was wrong, and yet he did it. Now we’re are all morally conflicted human beings. It’s not like we’re blotting him out of the history books or deleting him from being [in] the Founding Fathers, but naming something after somebody confers a certain amount of honor. The real reason I think there is a lot of pressure on this is the relationship between the past and the present. We’re finding in a million different ways that racism isn’t some curiosity out of the past that we’re embarrassed about but moved on from. It’s alive and well and hurting people…”

But FOX News does not operate on nuance. Here’s how it played out this morning, the morning after a FOX News Town Hall widely seen as a big win for Mayor Pete, at which he was applauded for his remarks on abortion and for calling out anti-immigration remarks by two of its anchors, Laura Ingraham and Tucker Carlson.

The FOX & Friends hosts seemed astonished that Mayor Pete got applause. Host Brian Kilmeade had an explanation: “They’re all his friends. I think he’s related to the whole audience.”

Kilmeade later got upset that Buttigieg had the audacity to criticize Carlson and Ingraham: “Don’t hop on our channel and continue to put down the other hosts on the channel—if you feel that negative about it, don’t come.”

Then Kilmeade called Buttigieg a “clown” before bringing on a guest who completely misrepresented how the remarks were first reported.

The hosts went on to discuss it, further distorting the remarks, and somehow brought Obama into the discussion.

Said Ainsley Earhardt: ‘[Pete Buttigieg] said, “I’m not saying I want to go and remove that one,” he said. “But I would like to rename some of these streets after people, African-Americans.”‘

RELATED: Pete Buttigieg Calls Out Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham at FOX News Town Hall: WATCH

Replied Kilmeade: “Well, look. And here’s the danger of this, Ainsley. So you say Thomas Jefferson no longer is worthy of having a Jefferson-Jackson dinner? OK. Well what about Barack Obama? Well it’s Barack Obama, we love him. Well, did you love him in 2008 when he says marriage is between a man and woman? Did he show intolerance then? Because in 2012 he said same-sex marriage is fine. Was he not worthy in ’08 and is he worthy in 2012? We are an impossible scale to what he is talking about — is instead of saluting our founding fathers, begin to diminish their importance. We wouldn’t be a country without that.”

Added Doocy: “Well, he took aim at a couple of news outlets. I think Fox and the New York Times as well. Because in his original comments with Hugh Hewitt he was asked about removing the names from the annual Jefferson-Jackson dinner. That was where they started and then eventually he went on to say he didn’t want Jefferson’s name entirely stripped from the public square, but instead honorary titles, for instance those Democratic dinners. He said last night that that’s what he was talking about. We just gave him the opportunity to clarify.”

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‘FOX & Friends’ Host Calls Pete Buttigieg a ‘Clown,’ Warps His Remarks About Jefferson to Imply He’s Unpatriotic: WATCH

#AM_Equality Tipsheet: May 20, 2019

HISTORY MADE! U.S. HOUSE PASSES THE HISTORIC EQUALITY ACT: With a 236-173 vote on Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives became the first chamber of Congress to approve a comprehensive LGBTQ civil rights bill. “This historic victory would not have been possible without the millions of LGBTQ people and our allies who organized, mobilized and turned out to elect a pro-equality majority in 2018,” said HRC President Chad Griffin (@ChadHGriffin). “Now, we will take our fight to the U.S. Senate and turn up the pressure on Leader McConnell to allow a vote on this crucial legislation. And we won’t slow down in working to turn out the 10 million eligible LGBTQ voters and our millions more allies to elect a pro-equality president in 2020 who will sign the Equality Act into law.” More from HRC.

BREAKING: The House of Representatives has passed the historic #EqualityAct.

It’s the first time a chamber of Congress has approved a comprehensive LGBTQ civil rights bill that would finally provide clear, nationwide protections for LGBTQ people throughout daily life. pic.twitter.com/ObFmVv3woE

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) May 17, 2019

HRC MOURNS CLAIRE LEGATO, BLACK TRANS WOMAN FATALLY SHOT IN CLEVELAND: Friends and family took to social media to mourn Legato’s death, remembering her as someone who was “full of life.” “Love you, cousin,” wrote one person. “I’m hurt, sad, angry all in one. Fly high.” Legato’s death is the third known case this year of deadly violence against the transgender community. More from HRC.

DALLAS TRANSGENDER WOMAN MUHLAYSIA BOOKER REPORTED TO BE FATALLY SHOT AND KILLED: More from The New York Times and NBC 5.

MUST WATCH MONDAY — RAINBOW RAILROAD ORGANIZATION SAVES HUNDREDS OF LGBTQ CITIZENS FROM HOSTILE GOVERNMENTS: The segment features exclusive interviews with Rainbow Railroad Executive Director Kimahli Powell (@kimahli) and survivors of anti-LGBTQ violence in Jamaica, Chechnya and Egypt. More from CBS News.

The Rainbow Railroad has helped 600 LGBT individuals leave 22 hostile countries. “60 Minutes” reports on the organization, Sunday t.co/VEyPKNXz8a pic.twitter.com/ZHbn1b7zqG

— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) May 18, 2019

REP. ILHAN OMAR (D-MN) INTRODUCES LEGISLATION SANCTIONING BRUNEI OVER ANTI-LGBTQ MEASURE: The bill would ban any Brunei government official enforcing the law from conducting business with the U.S. “In the absence of White House leadership on these issues, it is crucially important that Congressional leaders send a clear signal that this sort of persecution will not be tolerated and that the people of the United States are part of the world community in condemning this sort of hate,” said David Stacy, HRC Director of Government Affairs (@david_stacy). More from The Hill.

CALIFORNIA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION OVERHAULS SEX ED GUIDANCE TO BE MORE LGBTQ-INCLUSIVE: More from Adam Beam (@adambeam) at the Associated Press.

TODAY — LORI LIGHTFOOT TO BE SWORN IN AS CHICAGO’S FIRST BLACK FEMALE AND OPENLY LGBTQ MAYOR: More from USA Today.

NEW RESOURCE PROVIDES MODEL POLICIES ON PROTECTING TRANS, NON-BINARY AND INTERSEX YOUTH IN CONFINEMENT FACILITIES: More from National PREA Resource Center.

In a survey of gender non-conforming youth, 84% experienced verbal threats & 53% experienced bullying at school – all based on their actual or perceived gender identity. Queer youth need us, especially in youth justice facilities. Read more from @NCLRights & @The_CCLP. t.co/DfZNzIeBe4

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) May 16, 2019

GLOBAL EQUALITY NEWS

AUSTRIA ISSUES FIRST THIRD-GENDER IDENTITY DOCUMENT TO INTERSEX CITIZEN: “(For) the first time in my life, I feel seen by the law,” said Alex Juergen, who has been issued a passport with an ‘X’ gender marker following a three-year legal battle. More from Reuters.

NEW STUDY FINDS SEVEN IN 10 LGBTQ PEOPLE IN BRITAIN SUFFER FROM WORKPLACE SEXUAL HARASSMENT: More from CNN.

ANDY BRENNAN BECOMES AUSTRALIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY MEN’S SOCCER PLAYER: More from CNN.

READING RAINBOW – Bookmark now to read on your lunch break!

Hollywood Reporter reviews ‘Rocketman,’ a film depicting the life of Elton John; Patch Maplewood interviews local Township Committeeman Dean Dafis, a survivor of dangerous “conversion therapy”

Have news? Send us your news and tips at [email protected]. Click here to subscribe to #AM_Equality and follow @HRC for all the latest news. Thanks for reading!

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