The feud between figure skater/bronze medalist Adam Rippon and Vice President Mike Pence has been continuing throughout the Winter Olympic games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, and the newest development draws the president's son, Donald Trump Jr., to the battlefield.
Weighing in on the openly-gay skater's recent remarks (in which Rippon highly critiques the VP's lacking grasp on reality in regards to his stance on sexuality and LGBT rights), Trump Jr. took to Twitter (his family's seemingly single platform of expression) to criticize Rippon in return:
\u201cReally? Then Perhaps you shouldn\u2019t have spent the past few weeks talking about him. I haven\u2019t heard him mention you once??? https://t.co/8lcCsoyBsq\u201d— Donald Trump Jr. (@Donald Trump Jr.) 1518569238
The President's son, however, is forgetting a series of tweets Pence literally wrote just last week, which were directed toward Rippon and the focus of the Olympic games.
\u201c.@Adaripp I want you to know we are FOR YOU. Don\u2019t let fake news distract you. I am proud of you and ALL OF OUR GREAT athletes and my only hope for you and all of #TeamUSA is to bring home the gold. Go get \u2018em!\u201d— Vice President Mike Pence Archived (@Vice President Mike Pence Archived) 1518066386
\u201cHeaded to the Olympics to cheer on #TeamUSA. One reporter trying to distort 18 yr old nonstory to sow seeds of division. We won\u2019t let that happen! #FAKENEWS. Our athletes are the best in the world and we are for ALL of them! #TEAMUSA\u201d— Vice President Mike Pence Archived (@Vice President Mike Pence Archived) 1518066278
Rippon and his team have stated that Pence previously requested a meeting with the figure skater, to which Pence was denied. Rippon reportedly said he was not interested, especially in light of Pence’s support for anti-LGBT legislation. Rippon has not directly responded to the Trump family Twitter raid, but mentioned the non-skating coverage he's recently merited.
\u201cWith everything going on in the media about me this Valentine\u2019s Day I don\u2019t want people to get distracted and forget how beautiful I am (on the outside)\u201d— Adam Rippon (@Adam Rippon) 1518624737
