Rep. Sarah McBride says Trump's executive order can't erase the LGBTQ community
Source: NBC News
Jan. 22, 2025, 2:23 PM EST
Rep. Sarah McBride, D-Del., the first openly transgender member of Congress, called President Donald Trumps executive order proclaiming there are only two sexes that are not changeable red meat for his extreme base.
This is red meat for the online trolls who are doing his bidding every single day, but this is not what the American people want, McBride told NBC Philadelphia on Tuesday. They want a federal government that, one, respects everyone across all of our differences, but also a federal government thats focused like a laser on lowering costs for workers, and that is not what this executive action does. And frankly, its really not what any of the executive actions that this president has put forward will do.
Trump signed dozens of executive orders Monday, just hours after his inauguration, including one titled Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government. The order declares that the U.S. government will recognize only two sexes, male and female, and that these sexes are not changeable and are grounded in fundamental and incontrovertible reality.
The order directs the secretaries of state and homeland security to implement changes to require that government-issued identification documents, including passports, visas, and Global Entry cards, accurately reflect the holders sex, as defined by the order.
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