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I am 1000% here for this new and beautiful friendship ??????? https://t.co/knkxDtwwRw
— Adam Rippon (@Adaripp) February 9, 2018
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Kenworthy's Instagram jab at Pence stems from friction that's intensified in recent weeks between the vice president and the Olympians over the former Indiana governor's perceived lack of support of LGBT rights and the widespread notion that he once supported so-called gay conversion therapy, which has been slammed as nonsense by the medical field.
In a 2000 statement on his congressional campaign website, Pence said, \"Resources should be directed toward those institutions which provide assistance to those seeking to change their sexual behavior.\" During the 2016 election campaign, however, Pence's spokesman said he does not support the concept.
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During an interview with USA Today last month, Rippon said of Pence's involvement with the Olympics, \"You mean Mike Pence, the same Mike Pence that funded gay conversion therapy?” Rippon said. \"I’m not buying it.\"
He further told USA Today, \"If it were before my event, I would absolutely not go out of my way to meet somebody who I felt has gone out of their way to not only show that they aren’t a friend of a gay person but that they think that they’re sick. I wouldn’t go out of my way to meet somebody like that.\"
On Friday morning though, as press reports circulated that there was tension between Pence and Rippon, the vice president took to Twitter, and wrote, \"@Adaripp I want you to know we are FOR YOU. Don’t let fake news distract you. I am proud of you and ALL OF OUR GREAT athletes and my only hope for you and all of #TeamUSA is to bring home the gold. Go get 'em!\"
.@Adaripp I want you to know we are FOR YOU. Don’t let fake news distract you. I am proud of you and ALL OF OUR GREAT athletes and my only hope for you and all of #TeamUSA is to bring home the gold. Go get ‘em!
— Vice President Mike Pence (@VP) February 8, 2018
And Kenworthy echoed Rippon's disdain for Pence during an appearance on \"Ellen\" Monday. \"To have someone leading the delegation that's directly attacked the LGBT community ... it just seems like a bad fit,\" he told Ellen DeGeneres. \"I feel like the Olympics is all about inclusion and people coming together, and it seems like it's not really doing that.\"
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