Hypocrisy for Orlando: Republicans Condemned for Fomenting Anti-Gay Hate
"Republican National Committee chairman Reince Preibus, who responded to the Supreme Court's decision legalizing same-sex marriage by warning that marriage equality would threaten national security and the economy, also tweeted his sympathy for the victims Other such anti-gay politicians expressing sympathy for the LGBTQ victims of the attack included West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, who has voted against legislation that would protect gay people from job discrimination and for a constitutional amendment barring gay marriage; Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who fought to preserve the state's gay marriage ban; and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who has raised money for a backer of anti-gay "conversion therapy," opposed gay marriage, and generally battled LGBTQ rights at every turn, according to the Human Rights Campaign."
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