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This past weekend saw a parade of Republican elected officials and conservative commentators blast the White House for recognizing Sunday as the Transgender Day Of Visibility, as it happened to fall this year on the same day as Easter.
That continued into Monday, with radio hosts highlighting the outrage and FoxNews.com devoting its 11th story so far over the flap.
At today’s press briefing, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre called out Fox, noting that “we are at first … confused on their coverage. We are grateful that Fox agrees with President Biden about the importance of recognizing trans day of visibility.”
She then went on to read a tweet that Fox TV, the broadcast network sister division of Fox News, put out in 2021 that noted the Trans Day Of Visibility and read, “To all the transgender men, women and non-binary folx, we see you and stand with you.”
“President Biden will never abuse his faith for political purposes or for profit,” Jean-Pierre said. “That is not what this administration is about. That is not what being a leader is about. And the misinformation out there is just, it’s just, it’s bad.”
Jean-Pierre’s reference to profit was an obvious reference to Donald Trump, who last week posted a video in which he pitched $60 God Bless The USA Bibles. Trump’s campaign went on to blast Biden for his proclamation of March 31 as Trans Day of Visibility, calling it part of a “years-long assault on the Christian faith.” House Speaker Mike Johnson called the same-day events “outrageous and abhorrent.”
But Trans Day Of Visibility is commemorated annually on March 31, as opposed to Easter, which is celebrated on a different Sunday each year. On Sunday, Biden posted a tweet about Trans Day of Visibility,
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Barron Trump has given insight into what his dad, former President Donald Trump, does at home. The 45th president of the United States and Melania Trump’s 18-year-old son spoke about his father during a dinner at Mar-a-Lago with Patrick Bet-David, Tom Ellsworth and Vincent Oshana.Barron Trump makes rare appearance with his parents over Easter“I’ve never seen Tom laugh this hard for an hour and a half,” Patrick recalled on an episode of the PBD Podcast earlier this month, revealing that they just “watched Barron run dinner with stories, entertainment, everything.” Vincent called the former president’s youngest son “witty, smart, hilarious,” noting that Barron has a “good head on his shoulders “ and is “smart on politics,” adding, “He’s like ‘You know, everybody’s always going to fight. There’s left.
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Iran has launched drones toward Israel today, in highly anticipated retaliatory strikes that the White House said is “likely to unfold over a number of hours.”
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A story that was widely shared by conservative politicos and right-wing media has been retracted by its publisher, the Daily Caller.
Donald Trump and the $60 bibles he has been selling mere hours before the Easter holiday. During the program’s cold open, “SNL” gave a brief nod to the biblical story of how Jesus Christ was killed and then rose from the dead three days later.After a brief conversation between three women named Mary (portrayed by Chloe Fineman, Heidi Gardner and Sarah Squirm) the stone door to Jesus’ tomb rolls aside. “What is that noise that comes from within,” asks Fineman, while Squirm points out that the stone blocking the tomb had moved aside.
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