Trump’s press secretary praises his ‘great record’ with LGBTQ community while ignoring trans military ban
announced on Twitter three years ago this month — and whether the president would reconsider the policy after 116 members of Congress wrote a letter last week urging him to allow trans people to serve openly in the military.The press secretary responded by pivoting to the Trump administration’s much vaunted plan to decriminalize homosexuality globally.“I haven’t talked to him about that specific policy, but this president is proud that in 2019 we launched a global initiative to end the criminalization of homosexuality throughout the world,” McEnany responded.“He has a great record when it comes to the LGBT community,” she continued. “The Trump administration eased a ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men and he launched a plan to.
