Anderson Cooper just tore into Florida's attorney general for being a 'hypocrite' on LGBT rights

Anderson Cooper.
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Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi promised to go after anyone who harms the gay community to "the fullest extent of the law" after Sunday's deadly shooting at an LGBT nightclub in Orlando. On Tuesday, CNN's Anderson Cooper called B.S.

"Do you really think you're a champion of the gay community?" Cooper asked Bondi, reminding her that she had previously argued that gay marriage could "impose significant public harm." He told her gay people he spoke to in Orlando thought she was a "hypocrite."

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