The Olympics are not my thing, so maybe Rob knows more about whether this guy is noteworthy as a competitor. But when you're gay and you're prominent in any way, you're always noteworthy to the media. And it appears that when it was announced Mike Pence would lead the U.S. Olympic delegation to South Korea, USA Today got right on the phone with figure skater Adam Rippon in search of the reaction they already knew he would give:
“You mean Mike Pence, the same Mike Pence that funded gay conversion therapy?” Rippon told liberal "sportswriter" Christine Brennan. “I’m not buying it.”