During an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Elizabeth Warren responded with a flat "no" when asked whether she believed Pence is an honorable man, slamming his historic opposition to same-sex marriage and other gay-rights issues. | Frank Franklin II/AP Photo Politics Warren breaks with Biden, says Pence is 'not an honorable person'

Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Wednesday that Vice President Mike Pence is "not an honorable person," a sharply different characterization than the one former Vice President Joe Biden offered last month.

During an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Warren (D-Mass.) responded with a flat "no" when asked whether she believes Pence is an honorable man, slamming his historic opposition to same-sex marriage and other gay rights issues.


"Anyone who engages in the kind of homophobia and attacks on people who are different from himself is not an honorable person," she added. "That's not what honorable people do."

Pence has opposed same-sex marriage legislation, and has expressed support for federal funding to treat people "seeking to change their sexual behavior."

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Warren's comments come after Biden called Pence a "decent guy" last month in his remarks at the Forum in Global Leadership at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. During his speech, Biden was referencing how the international community reacted to Pence during a speech at the Munich Security Conference.

Biden, considered a front-runner for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination even though he has yet to announce whether he will run, received backlash over his warm words for Pence from LGBTQ activist and former New York gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon.

A day after his statement, Biden clarified his remarks, saying that he meant them in a "foreign policy context" and that "there is nothing decent about being anti-LGBTQ rights."