LGBT teens are making memes about a future where Mike Pence creates conversion camps amid Trump's impeachment

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• Teen creators on TikTok are sharing videos of themselves imaging a world in which Vice President Mike Pence becomes president. 
• The videos assume that the vice president could open summer camps meant to promote long-debunked conversion therapy for members of the LGBTQ+ community. 
• Pence has had a history of making controversial statements about the LGBTQ+ community, though he's been quiet on LGBTQ+ issues as vice president. 
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Creators on TikTok have taken to the popular social networking platform to share videos that imagine a world in which Vice President Mike Pence assumes the role of President and sends LGBTQ+ people to "conversion camps" to turn gay people straight, which has been debunked as ineffective and harmful.

The videos seem to have struck a chord among a large portion of TikTok 's userbase, which according to a previous Insider report has been a vital platform for LGBTQ+ youth. The #mikepence tag on the platform, which is used by creators to tag their videos to appeal to a wider audience, has some 11.1 million views, per data from TikTok. #Pence has accumulated some 4.6 million views, while #mikepencesummercamp has amassed more than 237,000 views.

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