Why queer Democrat Emily Randall says she walked out of Trump’s presidential address
U.S. Rep. Emily Randall also wondered why JD Vance stood behind the president “palms up in the air as if trying to get a crowd to rise.”
MARCH 5, 2025
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U.S. Rep. Emily Randall also wondered why JD Vance stood behind the president “palms up in the air as if trying to get a crowd to rise.”
"Contrary to President Trump’s assertions, the policies he seeks to end do not diminish the importance of individual merit, nor do they mean that employers are lowering their standards," their joint statement says.
The history-making congresswoman is fiercely focused on the real issues affecting most Americans — and is not deterred by ongoing far-right rhetoric.
McBride thanked her fellow Delaware representatives for helping her "realize the awesome responsibility and the awesome opportunity that we have to leave this state better and kinder than we found it."
The confrontation came at the end of a week when Mace introduced measures in Congress targeting transgender people.
“I can deal with this; other people shouldn’t have to,” Rep.-elect Sarah McBride told The Advocate in response to criticism.
“Why [are we] focusing on singling out one member — one new member, a freshman member of this body now,” Garcia asked.
“I won’t sit and watch him lie,” Vermont Democratic Congresswoman Becca Balint said.
“We’ve been through tough times, and we’ll get through this together,” U.S. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman said.
Mark Takano, Becca Balint, Julie Johnson, and Sarah McBride have spoken about it.
The Delaware Democrat calls moment ‘awe-inspiring’ and vows to fight for all Americans.
These trans politicians are breaking barriers around the nation.
"All it does is allow these Republicans to go around and bully any woman who isn't wearing a skirt because they think she might not look woman enough," Ocasio-Cortez said.
“I will follow the rules as outlined by Speaker Johnson even if I disagree with them,” she said.
"Federal funding to institutions that provide gender-affirming care continues to be available, irrespective of President Trump’s recent Executive Order," the attorneys general say.
The first trans member of Congress is speaking out against the president’s attempt to erase Americans.
The anti-LGBTQ+ Republican lawmakers followed a cisgender woman they mistook as the first transgender member of Congress into the bathroom.
The transgender lawmaker is out with her first bill to help financially vulnerable Americans.
Here we go again.
The President-elect’s campaign spent millions demonizing transgender Americans, and House Republicans just passed an anti-trans bathroom ban targeting Rep.-elect Sarah McBride.
Nancy Mace's political stunt targeting Sarah McBride's bathroom use comes just a year after Mace said "I'm pro-transgender rights. I'm pro-LGBTQ."