Trump Campaigned for LGBT Now Reverses Protections

I can't say any of this really surprises me. He did anything and said everything just to get a vote. Period. I'd say that he was like any other politician in this regard, but I don't think anyone has ever been so blatant about it. He's just turning this country inside out and upside down and not really caring about any of it.

When a debate broke out over which bathrooms transgender individuals should be able to use, Trump told the Today show that Caitlyn Jenner could use any bathroom she wanted at Trump Tower. He later tweeted that he would be better for LGBT Americans than Hillary Clinton. And during his acceptance speech at the Republican national convention, he cited the shootings at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla.

“As your President, I will do everything in my power to protect our LGBTQ citizens from the violence and oppression of a hateful foreign ideology,” he vowed.

But since becoming president, Trump and his administration have repeatedly rolled back existing protections, especially for transgender Americans.

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