Donald Trump promised his supporters at a Republican event in Iowa on Friday that he would cut federal funding for “transgender insanity” and “critical race theory.”
“On day one, President Trump will approve an executive order to cut federal funding for schools that inflict critical racial theories, transgender insanity, and other inappropriate racial, sexual, and political content on children. I will sign,” he said. (Related article: ‘The most crooked president’: Trump says he will ‘crush’ Biden in election after slamming DeSantis poll numbers)
“I will keep men out of women’s sports, and you know, no one is tougher than me on this one. How crazy is that? And I’ll sign a law against child sexual mutilation.” Can you believe we have to say this in all 50 states?”
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Let’s put the doctors who facilitated this in jail too.
“On day one, I will be signing an executive order cutting federal funding to schools that promote critical racial theory, transgender madness, and more. pic.twitter.com/25DtkXoJ7m
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) July 29, 2023
President Trump commented At the Iowa Republican Party DinnerRepublican candidates pitched to Republican voters and donors. The event in Des Moines was attended by 10 Republican candidates, including Ron DeSantis, Tim Scott, Nikki Haley, Mike Pence, Vivek Ramaswami and Larry Elder. . In a 10-minute speech, Trump attacked DeSantis, perhaps the toughest challenger in the race for the Republican nomination, by calling him an “establishment globalist.”
Trump enacted restrictions on transgender people in the military during his first term as president, but President Joe Biden has since signed an executive order rescinding the ban.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) attempted to provide a legal definition of “sex” in 2018. according to to the New York Times. This definition would rely on “a clear, objective, and controllable biological basis based on science.”