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If you skipped watching President Donald Trump’s address to Congress this week, you missed a lot, but you also didn’t miss anything at all.
As is often the case with Trump’s public statements, the president’s joint address — technically not a “State of the Union” speech — was riddled with lies, misinformation and misleading statements, personal attacks on his enemies, and of course, virulent racism and xenophobia. A significant amount of Trump’s energy was also spent on LGBTQ+ people, especially transgender people, who Trump singled out for mockery, derision, and the scaremongering propaganda that defined his presidential campaign.
While it’s been clear for over a decade that Trump will say anything he likes regardless of its truth, it’s still important to comprehend and push back against Trump and the Republican Party’s anti-LGBTQ+ agenda, including the false statements they make to inflame their voting bloc and justify their policies. Below, we’ve highlighted some of Trump’s worst comments about LGBTQ+ people from his address, as well as the actual facts you need to know.
“$8 million for making mice transgender.”
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