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US President Donald Trump election ad has experienced taunting after it claimed he was the most pro-gay president in American history. The claim was made by a former acting director of national intelligence Robert Grenell in an ad released by the Log Cabin Republicans. Grenell said, “President Trump is the most pro-gay president in American history. I can prove it. There are tens of thousands of gay conservatives just like me who also won’t be silent. Gay people don’t have to vote Democrat because Donald Trump is the most pro-gay president in American history”. Grenell also claimed that Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden had a longer history of opposing policies that would help the LGBTQ community than Trump.

Grenell said, “As a United States senator, Joe Biden said gay people couldn’t receive security clearances because we would be a security risk. As a US senator, Biden supported ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ and the Defense of Marriage Act. Biden voted to cut off federal funds to any school that teaches acceptance of homosexuality. Joe must have been terrified when Donald Trump appointed me as acting director of national intelligence”. Point to be noted that these comments are not entirely accurate of the situation. The first sentence referred to a comment Biden made in 1973. Biden was asked about anti-gay civil service regulations.  He said, “My gut reaction is that they are security risks, but I must admit I have not given this much thought. I’ll be darned”.

It is noteworthy that Grenell claimed in the ad that the former vice president was against security clearances, but he actually responded to civil service regulations. Biden also didn’t take a strong position on the matter when addressing it at the time. Grenell went on to state that Biden supported don’t ask, don’t tell. The Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell rule was enacted by the Clinton administration in 1993. Bill Clinton’s intention was to lift the ban within the military that prevented gay service members from serving. But instead a compromise was reached in Congress that said military applicants would not be asked their sexual orientation but they could be kicked out if it was discovered they were gay. Biden opposed making the amendment and instead wanted Clinton to set the policy as how he originally wanted it.