First openly transgender person elected to Congress calls incoming Trump admin 'dangerous'
Representative-electSarah McBride, D-Del., appeared on MSNBC Wednesday less than 24 hours removed from becoming the first openly transgender person to be elected to Congress.
The television appearance served as an opportunity for Rep.-elect McBride to warn about the incoming Trump administration.
"It's gonna be hard. We're gonna face challenges," Rep.-elect McBride told hosts MSNBC hosts Ana Cabrera and José Díaz-Balart. "This new administration is dangerous, and they're gonna try to take us back, but together, we are still unstoppable."
Rep.-elect McBride added that it is a "scary time" for "vulnerable" people across the U.S.
"They are facing their own crisis of hope in this moment, but I know that the story of this country is the story of our biggest challenges propelling us to take our most significant steps forward," she said.
An NBC News exit poll of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender voters found that 62% said they would be scared if Trump won the election.
Trump brought up the issue of biological men playing women's sports to a crowd at a Michigan rally on Monday. The crowd booed, and he followed up by saying "you have to cheat."
"Who the hell's going to approve that stuff?" he asked.
Trump also pledged at a rally in New York City last month to get "transgender insanity the hell out of our schools."
In 2019, the Trump administration placed restrictions on transgender people serving in the military. Trump had said two years earlier on social media that costs and "disruption" shouldn't "burden" the military.
"After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow ... Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military," Trump wrote.
"Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming ... victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail," he continued.
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