Political Quotes

“I thank the Senator for his question, and I want to thank him for the work he has done as our leader on the Foreign Relations Committee to make LGBT rights not just a domestic priority but an international priority for this country. I started this out about 3 hours ago talking about how complicated the attack in Orlando was and how many different competing influencers there were on the incomprehensible decision this individual made. But clearly he had a hatred in his heart for people in the LGBT community. And it is a reinforcement for us to pay attention to the words that we use, the things we do, and the legislation we contemplate or pass. If we build inclusive societies in this country and promote--as my colleague from Maryland is--inclusive societies abroad, then we give less room for individuals who might be contemplating these hateful actions against individuals who are members of a minority group--LGBT, Hispanic, or whatever it may be. So I think our obligation here is multiple. We need to pass stronger gun laws and we need to take the fight to ISIS, but we also need to double down on inclusive societies and we need to double down on fighting discrimination against our LGBT brothers and sisters because to the extent that we make discrimination, that we make hatred, and that we make malevolent thought much more of an outlier in our society, we cut down on the potential for this to happen in the future.…”