Kirk: Botswana Decriminalizing Homosexuality is 'Monumental Achievement' for Trump

Chris Menahan
InformationLiberation
Jun. 12, 2019

Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk praised President Trump on Wednesday for the "monumental achievement" of potentially helping decriminalize homosexuality in Botswana, where the HIV rate is as least 25 percent.

"BOOM," Kirk wrote on Twitter, "Today, Botswana decriminalized homosexuality."

"President Trump's global push to decriminalize homosexuality is achieving results across the world," Kird said. "Will CNN & MSNBC give his administration any credit for this monumental achievement?"

BOOM:

Today, Botswana decriminalized homosexuality

President Trump's global push to decriminalize homosexuality is achieving results across the world

Will CNN & MSNBC give his administration any credit for this monumental achievement?

🤔
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) June 11, 2019

The Trump administration launched an effort to decriminalize homosexuality worldwide earlier this year.

....on the basis of their sexual orientation. My Administration has launched a global campaign to decriminalize homosexuality and invite all nations to join us in this effort!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 31, 2019

Incidentally, this whole crusade to decriminalize homosexuality worldwide was seemingly started by Trump-appointed ambassador to Germany, Richard Allen Grenell, who was hailed as the "highest ranking openly gay official ever in a Republican administration."

Though Trump has enthusiastically signed onto the campaign, he appeared to know nothing about the campaign when he was asked about it shortly after it was announced:

Q: Mr. President, on your push to decriminalize homosexuality, are you doing that? And why?

TRUMP: Say it?

Q: Your push to decriminalize homosexuality around the world.

TRUMP: I don't know which report you're talking about. We have many reports.

Via Yahoo News pic.twitter.com/AQH4i66u9s
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 20, 2019

The ruling in favor of decriminalizing homosexuality in Botswana was decided by their High Court, which may have been swayed by the Trump administration's crusade.

Incidentally, Botswana has been suffering from a massive AIDS epidemic for decades. NPR reported last month their HIV rate is currently "at least 25 percent."

[Header image by Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0]

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