House Speaker Mike Johnson questions whether President Biden fully understood what he was doing with his proclamation declaring March 31, the same day as Easter this year, as Transgender Visibility Day. I’m holding you.
Asked at Monday’s White House Easter Egg Roll about Mr. Johnson’s claim on the He accused her of “ignorance” and retorted, “I did no such thing.” . ”
But part of the presidential document reads: “I, Joseph R. Biden Jr….do hereby proclaim March 31, 2024, as Transgender Visibility Day.”
Johnson pointed out the discrepancy in an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Monday, suggesting the controversy is another manifestation of questions about the president’s mental acuity.
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“Well, that’s his own signature on the document. That’s why we posted it,” he said on “Hannity.” “As we often say in court, the evidence speaks for itself.”
”[I]It’s likely that he doesn’t even know what he’s signing,” he added.[T]Hats may be even more alarming. ”
He said the incident highlights how the upcoming election is a contrast between two visions for America.
“This radical, left-wing, progressive vision for this country is not who we are as Americans. And I think most of the country agrees with us. And that’s why we’re coming into November “I think that’s why we’re so successful in the elections,” he said.
Transgender Visibility Day was founded in 2009 by Transgender Michigan Executive Director Rachel Crandall Crocker, who held a ceremony in Lansing to mark its 15th anniversary, according to the Michigan Advance. .
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In a recent statement to FOX News Digital, the White House press secretary said that Biden did not choose March 31st as Transgender Visibility Day, and that the White House has not chosen Transgender Visibility Day in recent years. He pointed out that he issued a similar declaration on the final day of the 3rd month.
But in addition to Johnson, other Republican leaders criticized the precedent the declaration would set on the holiest day of the Christian calendar, and the Trump campaign said it would be a “problem against millions of Catholics and Christians across the country.” ” demanded an apology from the White House.
”[They] believe [that day] It’s about celebrating one thing: the Resurrection of Jesus Christ,” Trump campaign spokeswoman Caroline Levitt said in a statement.
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) brought up another contemporary topic in response to Biden’s declaration on X, quipping that “the right to squat on Christianity’s holiest day…”
But not all lawmakers were angry with Biden, with prominent Democrats and clergymen instead criticizing Johnson for taking issue with Biden.
Noting that Johnson called Biden’s declaration “abhorrent,” Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock, pastor of Martin Luther King Jr.’s church in Atlanta, told CNN, “Apparently the speaker “They seem to feel that transgender people are abhorrent.” And I think he should think about it. ”
