Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, right, with his partner, Matt Barrett, at Dublin's Aviva Stadium on Sunday. By Adam Taylor Adam Taylor Foreign reporter who writes about a variety of subjects Email Bio Follow March 14 at 11:22 AM Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar arrived in Washington this week as part of an annual trip ahead of St. Patrick’s Day. The Irish leader aims to use the meeting to reaffirm the historical ties between Ireland and the United States.
Vice President Mike Pence invited me and Matt to his home at the Naval Observatory this morning. It’s great to be back here for a really warm reception. pic.twitter.com/Wkh2Ic8lWP Chad Griffin, president of the Human Rights Campaign, once called Pence “the face of anti-LGBTQ hate in America.” “They were very well briefed,” Varadkar said of his meeting with Pence and his wife. “They knew about my personal story, that my partner was living in Chicago, and they said both Matt and I would be very welcome to visit their home in future.”
Is that even allowed?
To be fair to the anthropomorphic turd that is Pence, I've also never hosted an openly gay world leader at my house.
Dishonest journalism
He was most likely hoping that this would not be published, now he will have to face the base and prove his whole staged hate, was just another gop imagination station speech!
And the FakeNews media will try to twist it as Pence doing his guest harm....
Same as with TRUMP..... no matter what they do you will criticize and make it a negative. Pathetic.
Meanwhile
Lest you forget, they all say they're straight.
And his wife? Yeah his sister was there in her place.
Hope he and his wife didn’t poison the food.
That's his job. Had he refused (which he didn't), that would have been news. You MUST differentiate because any slip by a centrist paper (yes) into sensationalism (what used to be called yellow journalism) is now a threat to us all because it's fuel on the fire.
Where was “Mother”?!
One can only imagine that as soon as the Irish Prime minister left everything that he touched or sat on was burned and the house scrubbed top to bottom.
I wonder if they will dine alone with Pence, or will mother be there?
Lol. I wonder if Pence was alone or did he take his wife along.
While not perfect, this offers hope to future generations to see a VP who is not considered a friend to GLBT invite gay dignitaries into his home. They could have done this in the VP's office or someplace else, but Pence did it in his home. Cordially, kindly, and respectfully.
Should we all be thankful now
Trying too fool the American ppl fake like trump
I wonder if they are giving him tips on how to come out of the closet.
Will he be alone in a room with him?
I’ll bet he hated it, homophobe
I wonder what Momma cooked...I love this
Where was whitey? The VP.
Yeah, so? Been there, done that.
Did he know at the time? I'm just curious, since he's about as tolerant as oil is to water
Probably didn’t even know....
Do you and your readers think that when these two leaders meet, their first order of business is to discuss their sexual proclivity? Don't you think it's time you gave this topic a rest?
hypocrisy
did he touch anyone
Is his houses still standing ?
He’ll just froze over
Source? How would anyone know this is the first, second or 99th time? C L I C K B A I T
This must have devastated him to be in the room with two gay men. penceisaputz
I bet many of Democrat Leaders have had Christians at their house
I wonder if he was ever alone with the Irish PM.
The bible would have Karen Pence stoned because she is a divorcee. Not my view. But the hypocritical Pence s should take under advisement
What about all the Catholic Boys like Tory Smith on youtube? Thats a remarkable subject!
So much love from the hateful left....smh.
I really doubt their are many out there
DeLunaVintage I wonder how many bibles were strewn about the home.
Have you hosted anyone gay at your home?
Depending upon how you define “world leader” I will bet it’s not his first time.
Are we sure VP knows?
Mother has been sanitizing the place since they left!
And the world still spins on its axis , mr Pence
Closet door has been left ajar
He probably didn’t know
*Looks at comments* “Mother...lol” x100 “Bet he had to decontaminate” x100 I think the bots are on the other side now
I'd have paid good money to be a fly on the wall in that house !
It’s pathetic that this is news. We shouldn’t have bigots running our country.
Well that’s smart on his part. He doesn’t want to share a cup or sit on the same toilet because he could catch it!
Who TFK cares? Why can't you liberals a except people regardless of their race, sex, religious beliefs?
rcarr57 Later Pence excused himself ,went into the bathroom , masturbated then threw up.
rcarr57 The jokes just wrote themselves. 😂😂😂
Mother must be clutching her pearls.
Was breakfast served on their finest Chinet? I mean, you wouldn’t want those icky gay germs all over the place. (At least that’s what Mikey tells Mother)
And he lived through the experience. 🙄
You sure about that
Is Pence sick?
They love them some identity politics
Probably had them over when wife was out
How many browni points does he get for that?0
Don’t worry he’s probably buying a barrel of Hand sanitizer at Costco
Uh oh. Does that mean “Mother” needs to attend the meeting
Did Pence’s wee-wee fall off?
Pence will probably try to get the leader to sign up for the Pence Conversion Therapy Program at the former Trump University.
DOES PENCE REALLY THINK THAT LETTING A GAY COUPLE COME OVER & STAY AT HIS HOUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS LIFE IS GOING TO CHANGE ANY1'S MIND ON THE FACT THAT HE IS EXTREMELY HOMOPHOBIC
He is going to get 50 lashings.
The Irish Prime Minister should be careful, Pence might try a stupid conversion therapy crap.
Well,'Mother' wasn't there so maybe he was ever so hopeful...
We must pray for Pence. Is he okay?
Proving one again, that the Right is much more tolerant than the fascist hate-filled Left.
The VP can just....
Grow up people!
Wasn't Mother afraid for him? Being in close proximity and all; or is it only when he's near other women?
Is he finally coming out?
Did he have a stroke.
Insert cogent leftist analyses
Poor Mother had to be on pins and needles with Mike around attractive gay men.
Someone’s looking ahead to 2024 and starting to do some damage control? Never too soon or too late to pretend to be more open minded and accepting for political gain
He probably is wearing garlic around his neck hoping that will keep him safe.
Perfect opportunity for you to have labeled this headline 'Anal-ysis' -CT
Bet his wife isn't worried
is his wife present
So this article is a lie, and how many gay world leaders are there? Hundreds, thousands?
WP SO WHAT!!!! FAKE NEWA WP!
Was his wife present?
Awkward
Because there are just so many and the demand to see US VPs is insane
Oh oh, does mother know
But he had to have his sister there to protect him.
So freakin what.
Bet that made Pence and mother squirm.
Overnight?
Ah, 'world leader', yes, then.
VP will be holding his wife's hand the whole time.
Why the hell does it matter who he prefers to have sex with?
Hipocrite!!!
How many world leaders are openly gay? The headline is pretty inflammatory as it makes it seems like there’s a whole bunch of them
Really? And exactly how many openly gay world leaders are there? And how many have visited DC? This article is meant smear Pence. You folks are slime.
Sooo...what’s the issue? More hating on Pence, I see.
Is it wrong to hope they had sex in the guest bed? 🤐
But he won’t meet with a woman....
GulliAz Did he shake their hands? You know cooties
Bet you he has the place exercised after the visit.
elvislver56 I'd love the be a fly on the wall after that dinner....Wait...who's gay
GulliAz
Does Mother know? She'll be praying on this!
He did this because it’s his job not because of his beliefs... just because one has a gay friend that doesn’t mean he’s not homophonic! The ONLY time he will change his views is if one of his kids end up being one
Feeling him out perhaps?
Did you get any photos of Mother putting plastic seat covers on all the furniture?
Wow. That’s news, I guess.
Oops oh damn. Pense about to kiss butt.
Will he have an exorcism afterwards?
Like Pence is not gay Look at him? he screams gay $
I hope he is extremely uncomfortable as Mother looks sternly at him, disapprovingly.
.....Seen leaving with 3 door hinges and a door lock
He'll have an exorcism done and charge the taxpayers
That must have been a hoot!
Maybe Pence realizes all of his lies are sins, too? Can't remove a splinter in an eye if his has the whole tree in it.
May lightening strike them
'Passerine spread his arms in a gesture that seemed to belong to the priesthood of some remote culture; perhaps to a descending angel. The auctioneer cleared his throat. Oedipa settled back, to await the crying of lot 49.' Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49
😂😂😂
Did he take tranquilizers first
I do not understand why Leftists can't separate religious beliefs from government business.....the separation of church and state is how we roll in America.
Was his wife in the room?
Was Mother there?
Maybe VP is not as bigot as lead people to believe?
All for show. Trying not to look racist.
When was the last time this Gay leader visited Saudi Arabia.
you know mother’s going to stay close.
What difference does it make who the Irish President sleeps with? Pence didn't have him burned at the stake or anything like that did he?
You have to figure, Mother will get rid of the couch, the utensils, flatware, and have a deep house cleaning after the PM leaves.
It's ok, we know he thinks he's hot and won't admit it.
And his boner was obvious the whole time.
so what?
Since the prime minister happy to meet mr pence as a world leader, let him also prepare to meet mr rohani the Iranian president as well 🙄
Oh, no! I hope Pence doesn't catch some disease from one of 'those' people!
MaryC_mlc4123 I do hope my flies are up on the wall, I desperately want to hear ( I know this is unhealthy curiosity) each teeny, tiny detail on what and how the Pence hosted the Irish ☘️ Prime Minister.
Probably running around spraying Lysol after he leaves. Pence is as homophobic as they come.
Wouldn’t be surprised if he 1) tries to convert him to heterosexuality 2) decides the man is impure and washes his hands immeasurably after shaking hands with the mister.
Sure it is 😉
Bet mother won’t let them alone together.
If the bar is any lower we'll have to bury it
Welcome to the real world, VP .
Hahaha Oh, hahaha what a horrible time by all! Hahaha that's hilarious. Pence and mother are absolutely VILE. NoFun
Would love to be a fly on the wall! Ask Mother about the school where she works and their LGBTQ policy. That should be an entertaining discussion.
*publically admitted it
and soon they'll be dating..
😂😂😂
“Mother” approved of this!? 😆
jmalahy
'And his gay partner'... So, the Irish PM is not gay, but his partner is?
Well he only like the gays with money!
racismdestroys Yes, but he wouldn’t shake hands with them.
I’m sure mother was not in attendance. She was teaching at her anti gay school!
What ? Pence Has a Gay Partner ?
Who gives a Shit - so sick of labels
This is who mother should really be worried that VP hanging with...
Mother will not be pleased! Not one little bit. 😳
Did VP have to tape his junk down? intheCloset
NO! WAIT! IT'S NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE!!
I know he was Shitting in his pants the whole time!
Im sure Pence isn't there type. Old, wrinkle and shit.
He'll try to pray the gay away
'thanks to Pence and his sister'? Was pence's wife too busy at her anti-LGBTQ school too immersed in conversion therapy to attend the breakfast?
No good night kiss from mother for an entire year
Oh, so he has hosted gays before? But not their partners? Duh! Of course he has! If Christians only associated with non sinners, there wouldn’t be anyone left to associate with, first and foremost ourselves. Oh, yeh, but we’re supposed to have this phobia of some sort.
Why wouldn't VP host the Irish PM & his partner? The only people who find this strange are people who don't understand unconditional love. While we don't always get it right, Evangelicals are commanded to love our neighbors. Period. Love does trump hate. neighbor love
He should purposefully flame it up bigly around pence. That would be precious.
I’m sure he was petrified. Jerk.
He'll probably ask them to river dance.
Im sure mother is there supervising
did they hold hands?
Guarantee Pence burns the sheets.
How sleezy! The WP posts articles in Twitter but you can only read them if you pay for a subscription.
I imagine he insisted that his wife be present at all times.
Not surprising, the fear that he might like guys, instead of chicks, is what joined him to Trump. He confessed to the Donald and was told, 'Don't be afraid. Look at me. My mentor was Roy Cohn, a famous queen, and look how I came out!'
No wonder the media is distrusted. Ridiculous pieces like this one that care more about appealing to feelings than being factually accurate
All the hoopla over Vice President Pence's religious beliefs, is a reminder of the same questioning that JFK had to endure.
Did he make sure his wife in the room at all times; for God’s Sake
Great opportunity for Pence to enter the 21st century and remove his blinkers. Hope they get on well.
Just one comment on the sentence below the pic 'has previously been called' is sooooooo wrong it should say 'is' that would be correct.
“Male” partner. The PM too is gay, not just his partner. “Gay Prime Minister and his partner” would have been even better.
Meh. I guess this is supposed to be a swipe at Pence?
Forced to
Everyone knows if you want intelligent enlightened yet courteous conversation at the table you invite a gay couple. Did Pence finally want good conversation?
It’s all for show: too much, too little, too late
Please, please! Kiss in front of him! Make him watch 2 people who love each other!
People grow and change.
Love the sinner, hate the sin.
Pence has been keeping himself stoked with Mother's Little Helper & keeping his hands on the table.
Just wait til Mother hears about this
Kris_Sacrebleu Finally came out of the closet... What will Mother say?
Anyone who is THAT anti-gay is likely closeted.
I’ll bet he Scotch-guarded and wrapped his children in plastic first.
And hell didn't break loose, or was it a conversion trick.
This reads like the opening to an interesting Penthouse Letters submission.
Ok nbcsnl do you’re thing
i am sure Mother burned sage as soon as he left
He must of been very uncomfortable. Maybe he thought the whole time about how this guy wants some of mike pence. Haha jk
And?
Was another nearby?
So long as Mother knows...
Why in god's name would they want to stay there. Are they going to perform conversion therapy on Pence?
Why would they go? I’d have refused.
TRUMP TRUMP IDENTITY POLITICS TRUMP PUFF PIECE FOR TEAM BLUE CANDIDATE TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP FELICITY HUFFMAN Wash, rinse, and repeat.
Pence believes we are all God’s children. While, the Fascist-Loving Left has no love for anyone, except for money to buy their offspring into college.
And he didn’t dissolve in flames, but where was Mrs Pence? Her sister stood in, guess she was able to withstand the gayness better than sister.
That we know of ....
Question is, did he meet with him alone or insist on a chaperone? After all, if he’s tempted by the ladies...
Karen must have run for the hills!!! He can’t dine with women. Does that mean gays are not a threat? God help the people of the United States 🇺🇸
I'm surprised pence didnt burst into flames.
What will Mother say?
It's about time! But we all know why he finally did it huh
Trouble making Washington post...
And how much Pence is asking for his release?😄
Clarification: This is the first time that Pence has hosted the partner of an openly gay world leader at his residence. He hosted the Irish PM last year.
But was he allowed to go to dinner?
That we know of.
sineaddesmond Why is Matt giving Leo the daggers
This is a very important stat. 🙄
Maybe he will come out of the closet now.. with his cute gray hair self .
Oh my, bet he was uncomfortable. Too bad
Dig all these homophobic tweets by folks who don’t think they’re homophobic.
Maybe he will advise him to go to a conversion camp.
I’m sure he was puckering
Maybe it’s a trap and he’ll try to convert them.
Did Mother have to be there?
Who saw that coming?
Something tells me this isn’t the first gay man to stay at his house with him. 😏
Hopefully the Irish are still on the side of Mexicans and can see through the hypocrisy of Pence. I hope the PM has sex on Pence’s bed and with father. Mother will watch 😉
Pence thinks he's getting time off in purgatory
there are news all over world where killing and injustice is taking place and U bring Gay visiting VP as news. Nonsense
So he can tell them cordially the sexual deviation is an abomination
Thankfully, in the order of world affairs, in the diplomacy between nations and the balance of power thereof, we can finally check that gay visitor box.
This is also the first time that there has been an openly gay world leader visiting the US
That he’s told anyone about.
He must not know
Whoop to doooo ! Who cares !
Oh because there’s so many openly gay world leaders and Pence is such an evil guy? I hope that kid gets every penny.
I bet Pence Pence doesn't know he's gay or if he does, he'll try to convert him. Lol!!!
Did Mother attend?
How many 'openly gay' world leaders are there in the world? This article is an attack on Pence based on his Christian faith.
They later had sex so Pence could say he has experience in foreign affairs.
will go to confess this sin today
He will run to mother a cry.
I’m sure he’ll feel the need to disinfect everything later
Last year also:
Where did momma Pence make him sit?
Varadkar is such a temptress!
A new condom: the Pence Prophylactic.
How many openly gay world leaders are there?!
OMG!!!!! How many openly gay world leaders are there? How many have visited the US?
mother was tight lipped....
I love this!
Will require major cootie removal effort afterwards, though.
Hosted him for breakfast.
Procedural display.
Would love to be a fly on the wall
Woops. Hope Mother is chaperoning
Mother had to stay in the room at all times so Pence wouldn’t be tempted!
And his convinced Mother, that he'd never be alone with other Women... Yeah, I don't think Women are whom she needs too worry about...'
That doesn’t mean he knows it.
Worst dinner ever.
Kris_Sacrebleu
So
Does Mother know?
Does Pence hate gays? Apparently, not. No news here.
Is this for optics? I mean he's clearly stated how he feels about LGBT community.
Will mother let him alone with these two queens?
I always keep in mind...
Are you so unsophisticated that you can’t understand how someone can accept homosexuality, but feel that homosexual marriage is wrong? It doesn’t mean they are bigots or haters. It’s a belief that was once held by most people.
Other than talking about the substance of their meeting y’all are more focused on identity politics
Bout time
Was mother hiding in the pantry?
You know he'll have the house fumigated and sheets burned after he leaves
Is he now in conversion therapy?
Do you wanna see my closet?
Kris_Sacrebleu I hope he learns something, but being open to learning doesn't seem evident in any Republican.
Oops, looks like someone’s going to hell!
I'm pretty sure pence is so far in the closet he is finding Xmas presents.
Wonder what Mother thought. Spanking for Pence.
There is a first time for everything. Here’s to a future where people are “created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness….” no matter their sexuality may be. ☘️🇮🇪☘️🇺🇸☘️🇮🇪☘️
Pence probably didn’t know beforehand. Now he’s like....
Unleash the Queen within!
He will be praying for the next 24 hours beseeching the religious leaders to absolve him from this blasphemous sin and then ask mother to forgive him
In his closet?
So far VP Pence kept his religion within the boundaries of his private family life. Only media & some crazies believe that straight or religious pple are dangerous. Until the massive revenge by Dems this country was perfectly fine with everyone’s life choices
Ireland still doesn’t get ANY Green Card allotment. Come on Leo ask Pence to actually help the people he claims to be from.
He prolly got kooties! Eww! 🌈🖕
Mother: “It will be fine. We will just burn everything they touch.”
Oh to be a fly on the wall. Mother must be having a hissy fit.
Kris_Sacrebleu Pence loves Minister's shillelagh.
Heresy!!!
I'm sure VP & Mother are constantly silently praying about it & have friends come over and join in, a giant evangelicalcirclejerk in which to pray for ErikPrince to muster an Army & not fall prey to longknives
I don’t have to read why he’s there! He Vice President on borrowed time! Gays are here to Stay, Pence is not! LOL I think Trump will curb Pence like a stolen car and nominate someone other than an Android!
Pence prepares for his meeting with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar:
Where is mother?
Was he home at the time
Does Mother have to be there?
I bet that almost made him want to out himself.
Kris_Sacrebleu Oh dear, is he going to be OK? 🙄
Did Mikey take them to his favorite bistro? Massages for all in “The Club” afterward?
man, anything could happen!
He wants a threesome.
If I were that gay leader I wouldn’t have ever agreed to meet with Pence in the first place after all his ignorant, hateful, homophobic rhetoric.
I bet you within the next 60 days, The Trump Administration will do something to make the LGBTQ community regret that guy meeting with Pence.
🤭🤫😱😲😵🤖what would Mother say?!!
And?
I’m sure pence is dying slowly inside 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Photo Caption: Whatever you do, don't look at his crotch!
How many openly gay world leaders are there ?
Do you also write about openly straight politicians
Pence made them take sausage off the menu.
JUST TRYING TO SCORE SOME POINTS THATS ALL.
Does Mother need to be present when he's alone with a gay man?
Kris_Sacrebleu 'More bleach wipes, Mother!'
Mother tried conversion therapy.
Will Mother be chaperoning?
Only after Mayor Pete kicked his 🍑 at the town hall
Mike prepared by taking cold showers and giving himself the lash.
That is growth. ...Or is he going to discuss with him the virtue of conversion therapy? No, no, no.....it's growth.
Are we sure HE KNOWS? Maybe his staffers just kept it from him. He is kind of slow...
They are totally going to do it! VP
What in the world will mother say...? 😮😲😳
Oh dear, what will Mother say?
Hope the Prime Minister is careful. Pence likes to torture gay people with electricity.
'His Gay Partner' thank you for clearing that up, I assumed the openly gay PM had a straight partner.
Pence better double down on the hair shirts.
I’m sure it was the worst day of his life.
And that’s when things got... interesting.
Because it's now a standard to host openly gay world leaders?
if muslims in America hate homosexuals or hate americans is it a hate crime or like here in England it is not it is only a hate crime when when anyone opposes the muslim belief we have a satanic government
Mike and Karen:
I’m sure Pense will dress for the occasion and get his chaps out of the back of his closet.
pence as creepy little rubber doll
Does his wife have to be present if he meets with an openly gay man?
Kinda debunks the whole pence is a gayhater vitriol..... WaPoistheDarkness
oh no if he gets too close to him, Pence will become gay now too, that's just how it works
Where was Mother?
Would the two of them being alone in the same room break one of Mother's rules?
So?
Almost like he's not actually homophobic. Crazy how someone's personal beliefs don't always conflict with their official duties.
This is the first and last time that Vice President Pence will ever host an openly gay world leader at his residence
So, do you like gladiator movies?
Pence is secretly gay so in actuality he’s looking forward to this.
As if hundreds of countries have gay presidents.
Pence's curiosity finally got the better of him
Don’t tell mother!
Did he wear gloves?
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