Donald Trump stated he does not need to speak about transgender rights points anymore, regardless of demonizing the transgender group all through his 2024 marketing campaign.
In an interview with Time journal revealed on Thursday, which named Trump “Person of the Year,” Trump declined to say whether or not he helps transgender individuals who need to use the toilet that corresponds to their gender id.
“I don’t want to get into the bathroom issue. Because it’s a very small number of people we’re talking about, and it’s ripped apart our country, so they’ll have to settle whatever the law finally agrees,” Trump stated within the interview with Time. “I am a big believer in the Supreme Court, and I’m going to go by their rulings, and so far, I think their rulings have been rulings that people are going along with, but we’re talking about a very small number of people, and we’re talking about it, and it gets massive coverage, and it’s not a lot of people.”
Within the 2016 marketing campaign, Trump stated he believed that transgender folks ought to be capable of use no matter restroom they wished, saying there have been “very few complaints” about folks utilizing restrooms that correspond to their gender id.
But in 2024, his marketing campaign spent no less than $215 million on adverts attacking Kamala Harris for supporting transgender Individuals—despite the fact that polling confirmed voters didn’t imagine it was an vital situation.
The truth that Trump’s marketing campaign ran these adverts and gained has led to disgusting discourse from pundits, who overtly speculate that Democrats are too accepting of transgender people and have to cease bending over backward to make sure that transgender folks aren’t discriminated in opposition to.
Time requested Trump about these adverts—which infamously stated “Kamala Harris is for they/them. Donald Trump is for you”—and he performed dumb.
“I mean, Trump is definitely for us, okay? And us is the vast, vast majority of people in this country. And also, I want to have all people treated fairly. You know, forget about majority or not majority. I want people to be treated well and fairly,” Trump instructed Time.
After the election, Republicans have continued to assault transgender people, with Home Speaker Mike Johnson banning transgender ladies from utilizing ladies’s restrooms on Capitol Hill. Johnson made that rule after attention-seeking South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace compelled the situation with a purpose to block transgender Rep.-elect Sarah McBride from utilizing ladies’s rooms within the Capitol Advanced.
Time requested Trump concerning the new toilet rule on Capitol Hill, and he got here dangerously near telling Johnson and Mace that they went too far.
From the interview:
Time: “There’s a big fight on this in Congress now. The incoming trans member from Delaware, Sarah McBride, says we should all be focused on more important issues. Do you agree?”
Trump: “I do agree with that. On that—absolutely. As I was saying, it’s a small number of people.”
Finally, Trump stated that he helps the Supreme Courtroom, which gave transgender people a victory in January when it let stand a lower-court ruling that stated banning transgender college students from loos that correspond to their gender id violated Title IX. Title IX is a federal regulation that prohibits sexual discrimination in schooling.
Nonetheless, Trump refused to say whether or not he would change Title IX to take away protections for transgender college students.
“I’m going to look at it very closely. We’re looking at it right now. We’re gonna look at it. We’re gonna look at everything,” Trump stated, his favourite line when he really has no concept what his plans are however has to present a solution. “Look, the country is torn apart. We’re gonna look at everything.”
