During his campaign for the Presidency, Trump was noted for being the first Republican nominee to make open overtures to the LGBT community, stating that he would "do everything in my power to protect our LGBTQ citizens from the violence and oppression of a hateful foreign ideology", referring to the Orlando nightclub shooting in 2016 at the Republican National Convention. In response to the applause, Trump ad-libbed: "And I have to say, as a Republican, it is so nice to hear you cheering for what I just said. Thank you." While his speech was seen as LGBT-inclusive, his policy positions such as reviewing the Johnson Amendment which prohibited tax-exempt organisations from endorsing candidates and his stated aim that of seeking an equally conservative replacement for Justice Antonin Scalia were seen as warming to the evangelical community and antithetical to LGBT rights.