White House Condemns GOP Outcry Over Trans Visibility Day Coinciding with Easter
TL;DR
President Biden responded to Rep. Mike Johnson's criticism of the official acknowledgement of "Transgender Day of Visibility" by calling him "thoroughly uninformed" during the Easter Egg Roll at the White House. The fiasco was sparked by Republicans who mistakenly thought Biden had created the day, with Johnson criticizing the proclamation and the White House's rules for an Easter egg art contest. The White House press secretary addressed the misinformation, explaining that Easter and Transgender Day of Visibility coincided this year due to the nature of the calendar, and the ban on religious imagery in the contest has been in place since 1978.
Topics:nationpolitics#easter#joe-biden#mike-johnson#politics#transgender-day-of-visibility#white-house
- Biden Hits Back at Mike Johnson's 'Uninformed' Trans Day of Visibility Comments The Daily Beast
- Speaker Johnson questions whether Biden 'knew what he was signing' with Trans Visibility Day proclamation Fox News
- Republicans upset as Trans Day of Visibility, Easter fall on same day The Washington Post
- A Transgender Holiday Fell on Easter. Republicans Lashed Out at Biden. The New York Times
- White House rips 'hateful, dishonest' GOP outcry over trans visibility day falling on Easter USA TODAY
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