Biden calls legislation targeting transgender people in Florida ‘close to sinful’

Biden Says Anti-Trans Laws Are ‘Close to Sinful’

President Biden has criticized anti-trans legislation as “just cruel,” singling out recent developments in Florida in particular as “close to sinful” and suggesting that the federal government needs to legislate to protect transgender rights nationally, the Washington Post reports. Said Biden: “What’s going on in Florida is, as my mother would say, close to sinful. I mean, it’s just terrible what they’re doing.”

Joe Biden Denounced Florida’s Anti-Trans Legislation as “Close to Sinful”

He made the comments on a Monday episode of The Daily Show.

Daily Show Tees Up Biden to Condemn 'Sinful' Laws Against 'Trans Kids'

It was an Obama Administration reunion on Monday’s edition of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show as former Principal Associate Editor in the White House Office of Public Engagement Kal Penn kicked off his time as temp host by asking President Biden what he plans to do for “trans kids” who have deal with “regressive state laws” that Biden would describe as “close to sinful.” Penn asked, “But my question for you, Mr. President, is you codified suppor…

Biden calls bans on gender surgeries 'close to sinful,' now Americans respond

(Photo by Fabian Centeno on Unsplash) Throughout two years of Joe Biden's presidency, there's evidence the agenda points he's most concerned about promoting are abortion and the developing medical industry cash cow that involves transgender treatments including body-mutilating surgeries for children. A report from just a day ago confirmed Biden called a plan in Florida that would restrict those transgender "treatments" "close to sinful." Biden s…

Biden slams Florida anti-LGBTQ legislation as 'close to sinful'

President Joe Biden denounced Florida legislation restricting LGBTQ rights as "cruel" and "close to sinful" in a Monday night appearance on "The Daily Show."

Biden says state laws banning gender transition surgeries for minors are 'close to sinful': 'It's cruel'

President Joe Biden appeared to describe laws restricting trans-identified youth from undergoing genital-mutilating surgeries and competing on sports teams that align with their gender identity as "close to sinful" in response to Florida and other states enacting such measures.  #LGBT #JoeBiden #Florida #TheDailyShow