Danica Roem exposes Joe Biden's true feelings about trans rights

[StarfishSaver]

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[tblue37]

1. Could you summarize her comments for us deafies, please? Thanks. nt

[wryter2000]

3. Her comments

That Beau and Joe Biden are sincere about protecting transpeople's rights.

[tblue37]

6. Originally I was referring to Biden's comments, but I see how that looks so I changed it.

I had wanted to know what Biden said to her that affected her.

[wryter2000]

16. Thanks

I thought you might mean that, but I'm glad you cleared it up.

[mucifer]

4. Bo Biden was very pro trans rights. At Bo's funeral in 2015 Joe Biden told Danica he would

fight for Trans rights

[tblue37]

5. That's very touching. nt

[Eugene]

7. In short, Joe Biden is the real deal.

Roem: "We don't have that anymore. We don't have a sitting Vice President of the United States look a transwoman in the eye and say her rights are worth protecting. Now we have Mike Pence as our Vice President."

[StarfishSaver]

8. At Beau's funeral

she thanked him for raising a son like Beau who fought so hard for trans rights. Joe grabbed her shoulders, leaned in, looked her in the eye and said "WE mean that. WE mean that!" And then kissed the back of her hand and hugged her.

She said we once had a country where the vice president stood firmly for trans rights and now we have an administration with a president who attacks the people he was elected to serve

[tblue37]

9. Thank you! nt

[StarfishSaver]

10. I'm not crying

You're crying

[TDale313]

11. She spoke to VP Biden at Beau's funeral

And told him how much it meant to her that Beau had supported Trans rights when he was AG of Delaware. Biden puts his hands on her shoulders, looked her in the eyes, and said “We mean that” It meant so much to her that the sitting VP would take the time- at that time- to voice his support of Trans Rights.

Now we have Pence. ☹️

[tblue37]

12. Thank you! nt

[cayugafalls]

13. On top of telling the story of meeting Joe Biden and him hugging her and

reassuring her that he would continue to fight for trans rights, she also mentioned how the current administration has consistently attempted to remove rights for trans people and that they are not serving the constituents that they are sworn to serve.

[tblue37]

14. Thanks. nt

[mercuryblues]

18. She went to Beau's funeral

and thanked Biden for raising a son that worked to pass a major trans right bill in MD. Biden put his hands on her shoulders and said "We mean that, we mean that"

[wryter2000]

2. Wow

[cayugafalls]

15. This was a great video. Thank you StarfishSaver for sharing here!

[Indykatie]

17. "Exposes" Usually Refers to Something Bad or Nefarious so I Wasn't Expecting a Positive Story

I'm glad I was wrong. I had never heard about Bo Biden's work on Trans rights but I was sure Joe Biden would be a strong ally.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

19. What she's saying is

Making me tear up. I am glad we have so many bold passionate honest people in our transgendered ranks.

[Music Man]

20. I'm not crying, you're crying.

Ah, who am I kidding? I'm crying over here

That's what I love about Joe Biden. He's so decent. In a long career like his, of course he's bound to say awkward things or present legislation that is flawed as times change, but he is on the side of marginalized people. Folks who don't have a voice. He sees the humanity in everyone, as opposed to the current asshole who loves to speak about broad swaths of Americans like they are vermin.

Joe Biden HAS to win this thing. I can't wait to have a kind America.