Jill Biden attacks ‘dangerous’ Trump, claims he will strip LGBTQ rights: First Lady calls ex-president a ‘bully’, tells crowd how Joe allowed trans Americans back into the military and has gay men’s blood datum
Jill Biden on Friday labeled Donald Trump “dangerous” and a “bully” and called on voters to “fight like a man” to give her husband Joe Biden a second term.
The first lady, speaking to volunteers from the Human Rights Campaign, described her husband as a champion of LGBTQ rights and Trump as “dangerous” to the community.
“Donald Trump is a bully,” she said to cheers from the crowd. “He is dangerous to the LGBTQ community, to our families, to our country and we cannot let him win. We have to fight until Joe and Kamala have another term.”
“Donald Trump is a bully,” Jill Biden told the Human Rights Campaign
Biden gave a fiery speech to the crowd of 500 volunteers in November, calling on them to support Biden and Vice President Harris.
She told how, at the age of 13, she confronted a neighborhood child who was mean to her sister Bonnie.
‘I had no idea what I would say to him. But when he opened the door without thinking, I pulled back and punched him right in the face,” she said.
She then used her story as a warning that bullies needed to be stopped.
“When bullies threaten our loved ones, when they take away our basic rights and deny our basic humanity, when they endanger our country and our democracy, there is only one thing we can do: fight,” she said.
“We have to start now.”
She also described what President Biden has done for the community: marriage equality is now the law of the land, gay men can donate blood, trans Americans can serve in the military and an end to convergent therapy.
She noted that under President Biden, the LGBTQ community is “free to walk the streets as your authentic self.” Colleagues who use your chosen name and pronouns. Children with two mothers or two fathers on the playground. Communities that support you, that understand you.’
Jill Biden has stepped up her attacks on Donald Trump (above), her husband’s Republican rival
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden spoke at a campaign event in Philadelphia last month
After her speech, Jill Biden spoke with volunteers from the Human Rights Campaign for about 15 minutes
Jill Biden has stepped up her attacks on the former president, who is challenging her husband for a second term in the White House.
She warned the crowd under Republican rule that their rights would disappear.
‘History teaches us that our rights and freedoms do not disappear overnight. They disappear slowly, suddenly, silently: a book ban, a court decision, a “don’t say gay law,” she said.
‘One group of people loses their rights, and then another, and then another. Until one morning you wake up and no longer live in a democracy.’
She then warned them of the coming battle, noting that “it’s up to us how it ends.”
Her comments came as the Biden campaign launched “Out for Biden-Harris,” an initiative to mobilize LGBTQ voters.
Biden’s reelection team notes that the Human Rights Campaign, National Center for Transgender Equality and Equality PAC have all endorsed President Biden for a second term.