President Donald Trump joked that Vice President Mike Pence “wants to hang” all gay people, according to a profile of Pence published in The New Yorker on Monday.

The article, entitled “The Danger of President Pence,” details various viewpoints held by the socially conservative vice president that clash with Trump’s. Two sources told the magazine that Trump has teased Pence about his positions on religion, abortion and the LGBTQ community.

“A longtime associate” of Trump and Pence was quoted in the article saying that the president likes to let his VP “know who’s boss” and that Trump asks people who stop by Pence’s office, “Did Mike make you pray?”

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After a legal adviser told Trump and Pence that many states would probably legalize abortion if the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Trump was said to have turned to Pence:

‘You see?’ Trump asked Pence. ‘You’ve wasted all this time and energy on it, and it’s not going to end abortion anyway.’

When that meeting shifted to discuss gay rights, according to the article, Trump pointed to Pence and joked, “Don’t ask that guy — he wants to hang them all!”

Pence’s press secretary, Alyssa Farah, told Washington Blade reporter Chris Johnson that the New Yorker article was “filled with unsubstantiated, unsourced claims that are untrue and offensive.” It was unclear whether Farah’s statement specifically addressed Trump’s joke.

VP office on Trump hang the gays joke:"The New Yorker piece is filled with unsubstantiated, unsourced claims that are untrue and offensive." pic.twitter.com/0QTXlJ3Cvh — Chris Johnson (@chrisjohnson82) October 16, 2017

Pence’s views on equal rights have long stirred concern in the LGBTQ community. As Indiana governor, he signed his state’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act in 2015, which essentially gave businesses the right to refuse to serve gay people. He has supported so-called gay conversion therapy and has been called “one of the most anti-LGBT politicians out there.”

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This piece has been updated to include comment from the vice president’s office.

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American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU): We will see him in court.

“The ACLU fights every day to defend religious freedom, but religious freedom does not mean the right to discriminate against or harm others. If President Trump signs an executive order that attempts to provide a license to discriminate against women or LGBT people, we will see him in court.” -- ACLU Deputy Legal Director Louise Melling

GLSEN: It is un-American to make anyone’s basic rights subject to the personal discretion of others.

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Human Rights Campaign (HRC): By even considering this discriminatory order he has broken his promise.

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National LGBTQ Task Force: It trashes the separation of church and state and aims to combine them.

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Center For American Progress: CAP sees this for what it is: a license to discriminate.

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