and american evangelicals role in it. he s a fellow at the nice institute. his latest article inside the iron closet about underground homosexuality in russia, in the february edition of gq. jeff, mr. sharlet, it s great to see you. good to be with you, rachel. last month the president in uganda was calling this bill fascist. now he s signing it into law. what happened? it was an incredible act of sort of political jujitsu. he had been cornered by political rival who knew it was difficult for him to sign the bill because he risked the loss of foreign aid, especially u.s. foreign aid. we give over $400 million. and i think he read the u.s. right. he realized that we weren t going to actually take the money away, and that he only stood to gain from this bill as a political posture. so what the bill last month he called a fascist bill, today became the first platform of his 2016 re-election campaign. wow. when you say that the u.s. is definitely not going to take away that fo
in it. he s a fellow at the nice institute. his latest article inside the iron closet about underground homosexuality in russia, in the february edition of gq. jeff, mr. charlotte, it s great to see you. good to be with you, rachel. last month the president in uganda was calling this bill fascist. now he s signing it into law. what happened? it was an incredible act of sort of political jujitsu. he had been cornered by political rival who knew it was difficult for him to sign the bill because he risked the loss of foreign aid, especially u.s. foreign aid. we give over $400 million. and i think he read the u.s. right. he realized that we weren t going to actually take the money away, and that he only stood to gain from this bill as a political posture. so what the bill last month he called a fascist bill, today became the first platform of his 2016 re-election campaign.
we don t want anybody to interfere in our internal affairs. finished. that was the president of uganda earlier today signing into law an updated version of that country s kill the gays bill. this version does not call for homosexuality to be punishable by death but rather by lifetime imprisonment. so that s a nice improvement. after uganda s president signed that bill into law today, the u.s. government plans to review our nation s relationship with uganda including a review of foreign aid to that country. joining us now for the interview is jeff sharlet who s been reporting on the ugandan bill and american evangelicals role in it. he s a fellow at the nice institute. his latest article inside the iron closet about underground homosexuality in russia, in the february edition of gq. jeff, mr. sharlet, it s great to see you. good to be with you, rachel. last month the president in uganda was calling this bill