You cherry-picked the end of the statement, but you left off the beginning. It says a lot: > Although AIDS was first identified in 1981, Reagan did not mention

You cherry-picked the end of the statement, but you left off the beginning. It says a lot: > Although AIDS was first identified in 1981, Reagan did not mention it publicly for several more years, notably during a press conference in 1985 and several speeches in 1987. During the press conference in 1985, Reagan expressed skepticism in allowing children with AIDS to continue in school Reagan waited years, and a generation of gay men died. Better late than never, I suppose, but he didn’t do nearly enough and his response to the crisis is not worthy of honor or respect.