Roseanne Barr stretches the truth to justify her support for a reprehensible president.

Roseanne is in the midst of its television revival, with 15.2 million viewers tuning in last week to watch the third episode of the newest season. To the chagrin of many, the show’s star, Roseanne Barr, is an outspoken supporter of Donald Trump (just like the character). Here are a few of the things Barr has said in support of the embattled popular vote loser:

Rewriting history about Trump’s positions on LGBT rights:
Before the revival’s premiere, Barr spoke with New York Times reporter Patrick Healy to discuss the show, politics, and what has changed since the initial run of the sitcom ended 20 years ago. When asked how she could back Trump when many of his stances go against what Barr and her character have supported, the actress disagreed, saying, “He voices [his stances] quite well.” Immediately afterward, Healy said he was referring specifically to Trump’s stances on “abortion rights, same-sex marriage rights, labor protections,” to which Barr again disagreed, saying, “He doesn’t oppose same-sex marriage…he’s not homophobic at all.”

This claim is easily disputable — Trump does not support marriage equality and never did. As president, he’s installed judges that support overturning the right to marry, including Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch. On top of that, Trump has a documented history of opposing all kinds of LGBT rights. He has attempted to ban trans people from serving in the armed forces,  and his Justice Department intervened in a federal case in New York last year, arguing that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act does not protect against workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation.

These two examples are just scratching the surface of Trump’s disdain for the LGBT people (or possibly his convenient use of them as scapegoats) and go against Barr’s supposed liberal tendencies. After all, Barr orchestrated one of the first same-sex kisses on television.

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