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LostOne4Ever

(9,595 posts)
Sat May 11, 2024, 11:00 AM May 2024

Donald Trump says he'll revoke Joe Biden's protections for trans people 'on day one'

Donald Trump says he'll revoke Joe Biden's protections for trans people 'on day one'
“We’re gonna end it on day one … the whole thing is crazy,” Trump said on a Philadelphia talk show.
TRUDY RING
MAY 10 2024 2:14 PM EST


If Donald Trump wins the presidency in November, he will reverse President Joe Biden’s transgender protections “on day one” of a new Trump administration, the Republican nominee said Friday.

Trump made the remark on Kayal & Company, a right-wing radio talk show in Philadelphia.

“The world is like a cuckoo’s nest right now,” he said, referring to “men playing in women’s sports,” among other transphobicthings.

Cohost Dawn Stensland raised the issue of “biological boys” in girls’ locker rooms as a result of the Biden administration’s recent rule on the enforcement of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the law banning sex discrimination in federally funded educational programs.

The rule, which goes into effect August 1, states that sex discrimination includes discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. It notes, among other provisions, that trans and nonbinary students have the right to go by their chosen pronouns and use the restrooms, locker rooms, and other facilities designated for their gender identity. Several Republican-led states have filed suit challenging the rule or vowed not to enforce it.

“We’re gonna end it on day one … the whole thing is crazy,” Trump said, and he told Stensland parents who’ve raised concerns about trans students in locker rooms needn’t be worried. Trump has often railed against trans rights and took many anti-trans actions during his presidency.

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Donald Trump says he'll revoke Joe Biden's protections for trans people 'on day one' (Original Post) LostOne4Ever May 2024 OP
It seems like all of Trump's and the GOP's "policies" are nothing more Ocelot II May 2024 #1
VOTE n/t gay texan May 2024 #2
Gotta say...he's gonna have a hell of a busy day one. I'm concerned he won't have time for the golf course. CincyDem May 2024 #3
... and start rounding them up on day two? n/t Valdosta May 2024 #4

Ocelot II

(120,776 posts)
1. It seems like all of Trump's and the GOP's "policies" are nothing more
Sat May 11, 2024, 11:08 AM
May 2024

than lists of people they want to hurt and rights they want to take away.

CincyDem

(6,929 posts)
3. Gotta say...he's gonna have a hell of a busy day one. I'm concerned he won't have time for the golf course.
Sat May 11, 2024, 11:19 AM
May 2024
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