A form hosted tonight by advocacy and media monitoring group GLAAD in Cedar Rapids, Iowa saw some tough questions posed to 10 candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination. The panel was th…
The panel was the first to discuss LGBTQ issues among the 2020 candidates, who focused elsewhere during their prior debates.had the night’s most contentious exchange. Biden’s replies to moderator Lyz Lenz were later described by her as “condescending.”
“I interpreted it as a little condescending,” Lenz said in a backstage interview, echoing the immediate criticism of some prominent feminists on social media. Buttigieg said the country is “still living with the long tail of prejudices,” citing his own inability to donate blood during a local drive.of Hawaii had to answer to accusations of anti-gay stances, including remarks on “homosexual extremists” from a decade ago. She has since apologize for those remarks.
One of the surprising moments of the evening was the appearance of a non-candidate, Karamo Brown, the star of. Brown experienced somewhat of a backlash last month when he called a fellow contestant, former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, a “good guy.”
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