On Tuesday, CNN’s Anderson Cooper called B.S.
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Cooper brought up how in court, Bondi was making the argument that recognizing gay marriages from other states would “impose significant public harm”.
Rather than answer Cooper’s question directly, Bondi pivoted to say that her opposition to same-sex marriage had only to do with the oath she took to uphold the laws in her state. “It had nothing to do…”
Cooper, who had just spent the previous day’s broadcast tearfully listing the name of each murdered innocent one by one, pausing to calm his voice and shed a tear, was clearly not buying the crocodile tears coming from Bondi concerning the tragedy in her state. “You said in court that gay people, simply by fighting for marriage equality, were trying to do harm to the people of Florida”.
“Do you worry about using language accusing gay people of “doing harm” to the people of Florida when doesn’t that send a message to people who might have bad ideas in mind?”, Cooper pressed.
Bondi kept the focus on the victims and said LGBT Americans are “citizens just like anyone else”. “Gay people – no, I’ve never said that. Those words have never come out of my mouth”.
Cooper brought up the hotline Bondi’s been talking about that allows spouses and family members of the shooting victims to get information.
“Yeah, I did”, Bondi said. People aren’t right now who are partners and aren’t married, officially aren’t able to get information so we’re trying to assist them in getting information. “Isn’t there a sick irony in that?” said Cooper.
A visibly frustrated Bondi sighed and said she would also defend a law legalizing marijuana if it were the law of Florida.
Cooper, host of “Anderson Cooper 360”, then asked why Bondi, who has endorsed Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential race, has spoken out so little in the past about LGBT rights issues – and if it was “hypocritical to portray yourself as a champion of the gay community?”
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Bondi responded by noting that her website now has an image of rainbow-colored hands clasped together.
