10 Things to Remember About Mike Pence
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | Tuesday, October 2, 2018
Vice President Mike Pence is in Spokane today campaigning for 14-year incumbent Cathy McMorris Rodgers. Like Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Mike Pence has been a politician for a long, long time. And also just like Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Mike Pence has a track record that doesn’t reflect Washington State values. Here are 10 things to remember about Mike Pence:
- Just last week, Pence spoke at the annual summit of the anti-LGBTQ Family Research Council — a group the Southern Poverty Law Center has labeled as a hate group.
[1] - Pence signed an anti-LGBTQ bill that allowed businesses to refuse service to LGBTQ people.[2]
- Pence oversaw cutting $1.18 million from the state domestic violence funding as Indiana Governor.[3]
- Pence sponsored the first bill to defund Planned Parenthood while in Congress.[4]
- Pence tried to force women in Indiana to have funerals for fetuses following abortions or miscarriages.[5]
- Pence wrote that women in the military is a “bad idea.”[6]
- Pence signed a bill to stop local minimum wage increases in Indiana.[7]
- Pence repeatedly voted against equal pay for women.[8]
- Pence opposed paid family leave while in Congress.[9]
- Pence was an early supporter of career politician Republican Dino Rossi’s run for Congress.[10]
Says Washington State Democratic Party Chair Tina Podlodowski: “They say the company you keep says a lot about you. Today, 14-year incumbent Cathy McMorris Rodgers chose to stand with Mike Pence, a man who is consistently anti-woman, anti-LGBTQ, and anti-worker. I believe Eastern Washington voters are fair and compassionate people. Cathy may have raised a lot of money today, but ultimately I believe voters will reject the mean, divisive politics that Pence represents.”
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[2]https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mike-pence-religious-freedom-law-indiana_us_57c839b9e4b0a22de09446d8
[3]https://www.nuvo.net/news/news/the-wrong-side-of-domestic-violence/article_bb7660cd-61ad-5284-805c-36cd2355dcf0.html
