RNC memo: “Trump has taken unprecedented steps to protect LGBTQ community”
memo‘s talking points begin with noting that Trump was the first Republican nominee to mention LGBTQ rights in his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention, promising to “do everything in my power to protect LGBTQ citizens.” Following Trump’s speech, three other RNC speakers, including, notably, PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, the first openly gay man to address the convention, reiterated Trump’s call for LGBTQ equality.A large portion of the memo’s first section focuses on Trump’s appointment of Richard Grenell to two positions: first, as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany, and, more recently, as the acting Director of National Intelligence, which made him the first openly gay person to hold a cabinet-level position.