NBC News reports:
Former President Donald Trump vowed in a video released Tuesday that, if re-elected, he would punish doctors who provide gender-affirming care to minors and push schools to “promote positive education about the nuclear family” and “the roles of mothers and fathers” as part of a wide-ranging set of policies to use federal power to target transgender people.
In the straight-to-camera video posted on his Truth Social platform, Trump said he would task several federal agencies to police and ultimately “stop” gender-affirming care for minors, which he equated to “child abuse” and “child sexual mutilation.”
He said he would also prohibit any federal agency from doing work to “promote the concept of sex and gender transition at any age,” not just for minors.
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Donald Trump’s transphobia at a fever pitch, as he rattles off every lever of government he would wield, every freedom he would torch to punish transgender people for daring to exist — and their allies for daring to affirm them. https://t.co/zRJFW0KytY
— Brandon Wolf (@bjoewolf) January 31, 2023
remember when they tried to gaslight us into believing this absolute garbage? pic.twitter.com/ogGBvCqfOY
— Brandon Wolf (@bjoewolf) January 31, 2023