Joe Biden condemns GOP’s “callous” attacks on LGBTQ+ Americans

President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak
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President Joe Biden denounced Republicans’ “callous” and “hysterical” attacks on the LGBTQ+ community during a Thursday joint press conference with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

During the conference, a reporter asked Biden about the wave of state legislation targeting LGBTQ+ people. Biden mentioned his administration’s efforts to protect LGBTQ+ rights, including signing the Respect for Marriage Act and restoring rights for transgender students.

However, Biden said, “Our fight is far, far from over, because we have some hysterical and, I would argue, prejudiced people who are engaged in all what you see going on around the country. It’s an appeal to fear, and it’s an appeal that is totally, thoroughly unjustified and ugly.”

“These are our kids, these are our neighbors; it’s cruel and it’s callous,” Biden said. “It’s not somebody else’s kids, it’s all our kids, and our children are the kite strings that hold our national ambitions aloft. It matters a great deal how we treat everyone in this country.”

He then urged legislators to pass the Equality Act, national legislation that would…

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