Trump recognizes Pride Month

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill



BY BRETT SAMUELS - 05/31/19 03:41 PM EDT

President Trump on Friday acknowledged Pride Month and praised the "outstanding contributions" of LGBT Americans.

In a pair of tweets, Trump expressed solidarity with people living in countries that criminalize and punish members of the LGBT community, prompting criticism from lawmakers and advocates who pointed to his own administration's policies.

Link to tweet

Pride Month is celebrated in June and recognizes the contributions of LGBTQ people to society. The Trump administration has undertaken an effort to end the criminalization of homosexuality and the president has spoken about helping the LGBT community. But the administration has generally drawn rebukes from organizations and advocates over its rollback of LGBTQ rights and protections toward transgender people in particular.

The Department of Health and Human Services released a proposal last week rolling back health care protections for transgender people. The regulation would scrap ObamaCare's definition of "sex discrimination" to remove protections for gender identity.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/446387-trump-recognizes-pride-month

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Log Cabin Republicans will be ecstatic

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Yeah, Trump recognizes Pride Month --- "Naturally"

[CDerekGo]

2. And another

And another posting where I had to look at the link to be certain this wasn't from The Onion. After all of the crap that this administration has done to transgender Soldiers? Oh come on, you think I even believe he KNOWS about this tweet?

[Gregory Peccary]

3. Someone must have hacked into his account

[moose65]

4. He didn't write that

Occasionally, one his staffers gets ahold of his Twitter account and tweets out something coherent and understandable, and we can see right away that Trump had nothing to do with it. This isn't his style at all, so he's probably not even aware of the tweet.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

5. Trump Admin To Launch Fresh Assault On LGBT Rights With New Federal Commission On "Natural Law"

Trump Administration To Launch Fresh Assault On LGBT Rights With New Federal Commission On “Natural Law”

Politico reports:

The Trump administration plans to launch a new panel to offer “fresh thinking” on international human rights, a move some activists fear is aimed at narrowing protections for women and members of the LGBT community.

The new body, to be called the Commission on Unalienable Rights, will advise Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, according to a notice the State Department quietly published Thursday on the Federal Register.

“The Commission will provide fresh thinking about human rights discourse where such discourse has departed from our nation’s founding principles of natural law and natural rights,” states the notice, which is dated May 22.

The State Department’s media contact for the new commission is former Fox News contributor Kiron Skinner. As many of you surely know, “natural law” is often cited by hate groups in legal briefs opposing LGBT rights.

I can't resist:

Donald this morning my son passed away from a marijuana overdose. His last words were, "tell President Trump thank you for saving this country from Obama". I'm crying as I type this. God bless you.

Link to tweet

[The Mouth]

6. Just an observation

In my limited experience, many Republicans know, like, and work with gay men and lesbians, but trans folks seem to make them profoundly uncomfortable.

Why, I don't know.

[C_U_L8R]

7. It doesn't mean a thing

if he doesn’t stand up to the Saudis and the bigots in his base.

[mac56]

8. Log Cabin Republicans

Chickens For Colonel Sanders

[Marcuse]

9. But for the spelling, grammar, capitalization and punctuation, it looks like the con artist's work.

[JI7]

10. his so called support is mostly about attacking anti gay Muslim countries

but they get a pass also if he had financial interests with them like saudi arabia.


lgbt people in the us aren't supposed to demand equal rights . they should just be happy they aren't executed for being gay.

[SpankMe]

11. Yeah - and Hitler recognizes Hanukkah n/t

[YOHABLO]

12. I guess that's because Roy Cohn, his favorite lawyer was gay.

[KPN]

13. The lies are just plain astounding!