Biden warns LGBTQ+ children could be next target of Republican 'Maga crowd'

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Source: The Guardian

Biden warns LGBTQ+ children could be next target of Republican ‘Maga crowd’

President warns of new attacks by Trump-dominated political party after supreme court ruling draft leak on abortion

Martin Pengelly
@MartinPengelly
Wed 4 May 2022 22.00 BST
Last modified on Wed 4 May 2022 22.48 BST

Joe Biden has warned of new attacks on civil rights as the supreme court prepares to strike down the right to abortion, telling reporters at the White House that LGBTQ+ children could be the next targets of a Trump-dominated Republican party he called “this Maga crowd” and “the most extreme political organisation … in recent American history”.

“What happens,” the president asked, if “a state changes the law saying that children who are LGBTQ can’t be in classrooms with other children? Is that legit under the way the decision is written?”

Biden’s remarks, at the end of a brief session on deficit reduction, referred to a leaked draft of a ruling by Justice Samuel Alito. One of six conservatives on the supreme court, Alito was writing on a Mississippi case which aims to overturn both Roe v Wade, the 1973 ruling which guaranteed the right to abortion, and Casey v Planned Parenthood from 1992, which buttressed it.

The Mississippi case is expected to be resolved in June. The leak of the draft ruling to Politico, which reported that four other conservatives on the nine-justice court supported it, caused a storm of controversy and anger.

In a statement and remarks on Tuesday, Biden condemned Alito’s reasoning and intentions and called for legislation to codify Roe into law.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/04/biden-lgbtq-children-next-target-maga-crowd