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<p>On Friday, Donald Trump spoke at an event called the Values Voter Summit. In doing so, he <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-values-voter-summit_us_59e0b596e4b03a7be57fe666?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009" target="_blank">reportedly</a> became the first sitting president to attend the Family Research Council&#39;s conference&mdash;an organization <a href="https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/family-research-council" target="_blank">labeled a hate group</a> by the Southern Poverty Law Center for its &quot;specialty&quot; in &quot;defaming gays and lesbians.&quot;</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“In America we don&#39;t worship government, we worship God.” - <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> speaking at the Values Voter Summit <a href="https://t.co/8uuCw11lRB">pic.twitter.com/8uuCw11lRB</a></p>&mdash; CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/CBSEveningNews/status/918850369257725953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>If you&#39;re unsure whether you can believe the organization&#39;s as bad as all that, here are a few images, spotted by three reporters, that put to shame <a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/politics/donald-trump-just-used-twitter-to-order-transgender-people-out-of-the-military/">Donald Trump&#39;s infamous tweet from June 2016</a> thanking the &quot;LGBT&quot; community for their support.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thank you to the LGBT community! I will fight for you while Hillary brings in more people that will threaten your freedoms and beliefs.</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/742771576039460864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 14, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>Here are the first two:</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The president is addressing the Values Voter Summit today. Here&#39;s what they&#39;re giving guests in a swag bag: &quot;The Hazards of Homosexuality&quot; <a href="https://t.co/eRufvSncc0">pic.twitter.com/eRufvSncc0</a></p>&mdash; David Mack (@davidmackau) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidmackau/status/918837656779358208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>Here&#39;s the third:</h2><oembed>https://twitter.com/JoePerticone/status/918877123196149761</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>And here&#39;s a (depressing) bonus: Snapchat filters</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">👀 two of the sponsored <a href="https://twitter.com/Snapchat?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Snapchat</a> filters at the Values Voter Summit <a href="https://t.co/KyhTJmyeN4">pic.twitter.com/KyhTJmyeN4</a></p>&mdash; Betsy Klein (@betsy_klein) <a href="https://twitter.com/betsy_klein/status/918824736892817408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Twitter&#39;s not really surprised&mdash;because everyone already understands what Donald Trump is capable of when appealing to his base.</p><p>But they are upset.</p><p><strong>They&#39;re upset at the irony of the name.</strong></p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A president who said he grabs women “by the pussy,” seen here RTing a man fired for sexual harassment, is speaking at a Values Voter Summit. <a href="https://t.co/8KKPCVkQP0">https://t.co/8KKPCVkQP0</a></p>&mdash; Rex Huppke (@RexHuppke) <a href="https://twitter.com/RexHuppke/status/918850331890606080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump speaks at religious conservatives Values Voter summit. Weird. Trump isn&#39;t religious, isn&#39;t conservative, has no values &amp; doesn&#39;t vote.</p>&mdash; Ron Asher (@rmasher2) <a href="https://twitter.com/rmasher2/status/918847577751031809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Values Voter Summit is passing out pamphlets about “The Health Hazards of Homosexuality”<br><br>These people are hate mongers &amp; pure evil. <a href="https://t.co/aLHxhsoB1g">https://t.co/aLHxhsoB1g</a></p>&mdash; Scott Dworkin (@funder) <a href="https://twitter.com/funder/status/918856467146575873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p><strong>They&#39;re upset at the blatant disrespect. </strong></p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump, who vowed to be a friend to the LGBT community, will speak to a group warning that homosexuality has created &quot;a public health crisis&quot; <a href="https://t.co/KRd52TCWA0">pic.twitter.com/KRd52TCWA0</a></p>&mdash; David Mack (@davidmackau) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidmackau/status/918838150486806535?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">More from the book&#39;s website: &quot;homosexuality is a public health issue,&quot; &quot;self-harming lifestyles,&quot; &quot;disproportionate disease,&quot; &quot;child abuse&quot; <a href="https://t.co/IrIyS2yjfL">pic.twitter.com/IrIyS2yjfL</a></p>&mdash; David Mack (@davidmackau) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidmackau/status/918848087292108801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/ShomahKhoobi/status/918854158735745024</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p><strong>And they&#39;re making jokes to cope.</strong></p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The pig people have gathered in one place today! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ValuesVoterSummit?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ValuesVoterSummit</a></p>&mdash; Lord Goo Goo (@timheidecker) <a href="https://twitter.com/timheidecker/status/918843834880135171?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If you&#39;re a bigot looking for something to do, there&#39;s a Klan rally that lasts the entire weekend. It&#39;s called the Values Voter Summit.</p>&mdash; Frank Conniff (@FrankConniff) <a href="https://twitter.com/FrankConniff/status/918847184434614272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Live footage from Trump&#39;s speech at the Values Voter Summit.<br><br>They seem to be really enjoying themselves. <a href="https://t.co/Bok6F9pqEJ">https://t.co/Bok6F9pqEJ</a></p>&mdash; Ted Corcoran (RedTRaccoon) (@RedTRaccoon) <a href="https://twitter.com/RedTRaccoon/status/918847376894414850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/LaurinSuiter/status/918848347758198784</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/struble_eric/status/918847586144063488</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Among the handouts attendees at Values Voter summit receive: this flyer urging boycott of the Super Bowl. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/VVS17?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#VVS17</a> <a href="https://t.co/At9z1WDxJb">pic.twitter.com/At9z1WDxJb</a></p>&mdash; Garrett Haake (@GarrettHaake) <a href="https://twitter.com/GarrettHaake/status/918872931131944960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Never forget...<br><br>Frank Luntz: &quot;Have you ever asked God for forgiveness?&quot;<br><br>Trump: [Pauses] &quot;I&#39;m not sure I have.&quot;<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ValuesVoterSummit?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ValuesVoterSummit</a> <a href="https://t.co/AnMSLElxOo">pic.twitter.com/AnMSLElxOo</a></p>&mdash; Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) <a href="https://twitter.com/keithboykin/status/918845841703612417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Alright, so some of those weren&#39;t funny and some of those weren&#39;t jokes. Here&#39;s to comedy in 2017.</p><div><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="giphy-embed" frameborder="0" height="304" src="https://giphy.com/embed/AjkUQrzvs5OCc" width="480"></iframe> <p> </p> </div><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Three shockingly homophobic images from Trump's appearance at the Values Voter Summit.

Mitchell Friedman

On Friday, Donald Trump spoke at an event called the Values Voter Summit. In doing so, he reportedly became the first sitting president to attend the Family Research Council&#39;s conference&mdash;an organization labeled a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center for its &quot;specialty&quot; in &quot;defaming gays and lesbians.&quot;“In America we don&#39;t worship government, we worship God.” - @POTUS speaking at the Values Voter Summit pic.twitter.com/8uuCw11lRB&mdash; CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) October 13, 2017 If you&#39;re unsure whether you can believe the organization&#39;s as bad as all that, here are a few images, spotted by three reporters, that put to shame Donald Trump&#39;s infamous tweet from June 2016 thanking the &quot;LGBT&quot; community for their support.Thank you to the LGBT community! I will fight for you while Hillary brings in more people that will threaten your freedoms and beliefs.&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 14, 2016 Here are the first two:The president is addressing the Values Voter Summit today. Here&#39;s what they&#39;re giving guests in a swag bag: &quot;The Hazards of Homosexuality&quot; pic.twitter.com/eRufvSncc0&mdash; David Mack (@davidmackau) October 13, 2017 Here&#39;s the third:https://twitter.com/JoePerticone/status/918877123196149761And here&#39;s a (depressing) bonus: Snapchat filters👀 two of the sponsored @Snapchat filters at the Values Voter Summit pic.twitter.com/KyhTJmyeN4&mdash; Betsy Klein (@betsy_klein) October 13, 2017 Twitter&#39;s not really surprised&mdash;because everyone already understands what Donald Trump is capable of when appealing to his base.But they are upset.They&#39;re upset at the irony of the name.A president who said he grabs women “by the pussy,” seen here RTing a man fired for sexual harassment, is speaking at a Values Voter Summit. https://t.co/8KKPCVkQP0&mdash; Rex Huppke (@RexHuppke) October 13, 2017 Trump speaks at religious conservatives Values Voter summit. Weird. Trump isn&#39;t religious, isn&#39;t conservative, has no values &amp; doesn&#39;t vote.&mdash; Ron Asher (@rmasher2) October 13, 2017 The Values Voter Summit is passing out pamphlets about “The Health Hazards of Homosexuality”These people are hate mongers &amp; pure evil. https://t.co/aLHxhsoB1g&mdash; Scott Dworkin (@funder) October 13, 2017 They&#39;re upset at the blatant disrespect. Trump, who vowed to be a friend to the LGBT community, will speak to a group warning that homosexuality has created &quot;a public health crisis&quot; pic.twitter.com/KRd52TCWA0&mdash; David Mack (@davidmackau) October 13, 2017 More from the book&#39;s website: &quot;homosexuality is a public health issue,&quot; &quot;self-harming lifestyles,&quot; &quot;disproportionate disease,&quot; &quot;child abuse&quot; pic.twitter.com/IrIyS2yjfL&mdash; David Mack (@davidmackau) October 13, 2017 https://twitter.com/ShomahKhoobi/status/918854158735745024And they&#39;re making jokes to cope.The pig people have gathered in one place today! #ValuesVoterSummit&mdash; Lord Goo Goo (@timheidecker) October 13, 2017 If you&#39;re a bigot looking for something to do, there&#39;s a Klan rally that lasts the entire weekend. It&#39;s called the Values Voter Summit.&mdash; Frank Conniff (@FrankConniff) October 13, 2017 Live footage from Trump&#39;s speech at the Values Voter Summit.They seem to be really enjoying themselves. https://t.co/Bok6F9pqEJ&mdash; Ted Corcoran (RedTRaccoon) (@RedTRaccoon) October 13, 2017 https://twitter.com/LaurinSuiter/status/918848347758198784https://twitter.com/struble_eric/status/918847586144063488Among the handouts attendees at Values Voter summit receive: this flyer urging boycott of the Super Bowl. #VVS17 pic.twitter.com/At9z1WDxJb&mdash; Garrett Haake (@GarrettHaake) October 13, 2017 Never forget...Frank Luntz: &quot;Have you ever asked God for forgiveness?&quot;Trump: [Pauses] &quot;I&#39;m not sure I have.&quot;#ValuesVoterSummit pic.twitter.com/AnMSLElxOo&mdash; Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) October 13, 2017 Alright, so some of those weren&#39;t funny and some of those weren&#39;t jokes. Here&#39;s to comedy in 2017.   

On Friday, Donald Trump became the first sitting president to attend the Family Research Council's Values Voter Summit.