April 2, 2024

Fox News talking heads lost their shit over Transgender Day of Visibility landing on Easter Sunday, which has been a thing for 15 years now, long before President Joe Biden took office.

Biden is doing such a great job that Fox News has to make things up. The network edited White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre's answer to a question about the fake outrage over Trans Day, as you can see above in the side-by-side video by Kat Abu.

What Jean-Pierre really said:

Every year, for the past several years, on March 31st, Transgen- -- Transgender Day of Visibility is marked. And as we know -- for folks who understand the calendar and how it works, Easter falls on different Sundays -- right? -- every year.

And this year, it happened to coincide with Trans- -- Transgender Visibility Day. And so, that is the simple fact. That is what has happened. That is where we are.

And I do want to say a couple of things, because I think it's important here. As you just stated in your question, what we've been hearing out there -- a lot of misinformation done on purpose.

And as a Christian who celebrates Easter with family, President Biden stands for bringing people together and upholding the dignity and freedoms of every American.

Now, sadly -- and it's not surprising, right? It is actually unsurprising that politicians are seeking to divide and weaken our country with cruel, hateful, and dishonest rhetoric. It is dishonest what we have heard the past 24 hours. It is untrue what we heard over the weekend.

And, you know, we -- we were, at first -- I want to be very clear -- confused on their coverage. We're grateful that Fox agrees with President Biden about the importance of recognizing Trans Day of Visibility.

And I'll just quote something that Fox said back in 2021. They tweeted this. "Trans Day of visibility is dedicated to celebrating transgender people. To all the transgender men, women, and non-bari- -- binary folk, we see you and stand with you."

President Biden will never abuse his faith or -- for political purposes or for profit. That is not what this administration is about. That is not what being a leader is about.

And this misinformation out there is just -- it's just -- it's bad. And it is dividing -- it is caused to divide us.

And I want to say one more quote. This is what Politico covered. "Every year" -- and I said this at the top of my answer -- "Transgender Day of Visibility is on March 31st." This year, March 31st just so happens to be also Easter, the date of which changes every year. That's how I started out. And that's how I'll end.

It sure seems like Fox News is milking the fake outrage for anything they can get. It's such a relief to have a President who doesn't discount Americans by who they are or what party they belong to.

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