Biden Pushes Back on Outrage Over Trans Day of Visibility: ‘I Didn’t Do That’
President Joe Biden is pushing back on criticism over the decision to recognize March 31 as the Transgender Day of Visibility. During the White House Easter Egg Roll, a reporter asked the president about House Speaker…
President Joe Biden is pushing back on criticism over the decision to recognize March 31 as the Transgender Day of Visibility.
During the White House Easter Egg Roll, a reporter asked the president about House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) calling the recognition — which happened to fall on the same day as Easter — outrageous.
“He’s thoroughly uninformed,” Biden responded.
A reporter asked, “Uninformed how?”
“I didn’t do that,” Biden insisted.
The outrage centers around an official proclamation, naming March 31, 2023, “Transgender Day of Visibility.”
In it, the president called “upon all Americans to join us in lifting up the lives and voices of transgender people throughout our Nation and to work toward eliminating violence and discrimination based on gender identity.”
He added: “Today, we send a message to all transgender Americans: You are loved. You are heard. You are understood. You belong. You are America, and my entire Administration and I have your back.”
And the fact the date was the same as Easter set off a lot of people on X.
But,you don’t have to be a supporter or so-called ally of LGBT people to notice that the outrage over the weekend was blown out of proportion, and a simple Google search by a lot of the influencers on X who are poised to explode at anything they don’t like might have helped.