Upon Pence’s arrival, Brian Sims, Democratic Philadelphia representative and the state’s first openly gay lawmaker, “welcomed” the vice president on Facebook with a photograph of him flipping the bird.
“To be clear, we’re a City of soaring diversity. We believe in the power of all people to live and to contribute: Black, Brown, Queer, Trans, Atheist, Immigrant, we want you and we’ll respect you. So keep that in mind while you’re here raising money to attack more families, spread more lies, blaspheme with your bible, and maybe even talk to a woman without your wife in the room. We have plenty of them, and they’re pretty much all more powerful and more real than you have ever been. So…get bent, then get out!” the caption read.
Sims has received much feedback from Facebook users, who appeared to be divided on the matter. While many approved of Sims' gesture…
Pence was met by rallies as hundreds of people took to the streets in the wake of the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance immigration policy that has resulted in separation of families on the US’ southern border.
Ealier this week, President Trump signed an execitive order to prevent the separation of children from ther parents, crossing the US-Mexico border illegally. The decree came after the current administration faced massive backlash over its zero-tolerance policy when images from a detention center in Texas featuring children locked up in cages emerged on media.