Biden levels accusations of ‘prejudice’ behind anti-LGBTQ laws
President Joe Biden speaks during a joint press conference with U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in the East Room of the White House on Thursday. | Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images By Kelly Garrity 06/08/2023 03:10 PM EDT Link CopiedPresident Joe Biden on Thursday offered a strong rebuke of anti-LGBTQ laws being enacted in state legislatures across the country.“We have some hysterical, and I would argue prejudice[d], people who are engaged in all what you see going on around the country,” Biden said during a joint press conference with U.K.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. “It’s an appeal to fear, and [it’s an] appeal that is totally, thoroughly unjustified and ugly,” Biden added.The comments came shortly after the White House announced they would be postponing the Pride Month event that was set to take place on the White House South Lawn due the poor air quality in the D.C.
caused by Canadian wildfires.Last year, state legislatures introduced 315 anti-LGBTQ bills, a number that has only increased in 2023.
