The US president has blasted restrictions imposed in Florida as “close to sinful”
President Joe Biden has suggested that Congress may need to pass a federal law protecting transgender rights to prevent restrictions like those recently imposed in Florida, which he called “cruel.”
“The way we do it is we make sure we pass legislation like we passed on same-sex marriage,” Biden said on Monday in a clip previewing his interview with “The Daily Show.” “You mess with that, you’re breaking the law, and you’re going to be held accountable.”
Biden didn’t specify which protections he believes the federal government should enact, though he has said in the past that transgender Americans should have “every single solitary right, including use of your gender identity bathroom in public.” Restricting such rights is legally and morally wrong, he said last fall.
The president singled out restrictions imposed in Florida, where Governor Ron…
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