Domestic policy of the Ronald Reagan administration: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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[[File:Bush reagan.jpg|thumb|left|Then-Vice President Bush, right, meets with President Reagan, left, in 1984.]]

Decades after Reagan's presidency, audio surfaced that revealed [[Larry Speakes]], who was the [[White House Press Secretary]] from 1981-1987, give a dismissive attitude to reporter [[Lester Kinsolving]] regarding questions on the AIDS epidemic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2015/12/01/a-disturbing-new-glimpse-at-the-reagan-administrations-indifference-to-aids/|title=A disturbing new glimpse at the Reagan administration's indifference to AIDS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/when-aids-was-funny-short-film-reveals-shortfalls-reagan-response-aids-msna735296|title='When AIDS Was Funny': Short film reveals shortfalls of Reagan response to AIDS}}</ref>

Even with the death from AIDS of his friend [[Rock Hudson]], Reagan was widely criticized for not supporting more active measures to contain the spread of AIDS. Until celebrities, first [[Joan Rivers]] and soon afterwards [[Elizabeth Taylor]], spoke out publicly about the increasing number of people quickly dying from this new disease, most public officials and celebrities were too afraid of dealing with this subject.