Kirsten Gillibrand: Donald Trump Attacks On LGBPTQ Is ‘Morally Wrong’

HE'S WALKED BY, THANK YOU. .
A BUSY DAY ON CAPITOL HILL. THE PRESIDENT MAY HAVE MANAGED
TO DECISION TRACT BRIEFLY DISTRACT ATTENTION FROM HIS
FAILURES SO FAR OJ HEALTHCARE ANT CONSERVATIVE BLOWBACK HE MAY
NOT HAVE EXPECTED FOR HIS BULLYING OF JEFF SESSIONS BY
ANNOUNCE A MAJOR POLICY DECISION ABOUT TRANSGENDER TROOPS VIA
TWITTER. TODAY TO REASSURE THOSE 15,000
KNOWN TRANN TRANSGENDER TROOPS E LEFT WITH NO GUIDANCE ABOUT
THEIR OWN FUTURE SERVICE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS HAD
TO ZEP IN SEND A MESSAGE TO ALL SERVICE MENS THAT THERE WILL
NOBODY CHANGE IN THEIR STATUS UNTIL THEY GET CLARIFICATION.
NEW YORK'S DEMOCRATIC SENATOR KEARSE TEN GILLIBRAND SERVES ON
THE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE. THANKS FOR STANDING BY FOR US.
THIS WAS DONE ON TWIT WITH NO CLEAR PLAN, WITH NO CONSULTATION
THAT WE CAN TELL WITH THE GENERALS.
APPARENTLY GENERAL MATTIS WAS ON VACATION WAS INFORMED, BUT THIS
IS A MAJOR POLICY DECISION JUST REACHED IN SOME SORT OF AD-HOC
WAY. WE DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS FOR
POLITICAL REASONS TO TRY TO REACH OUT TO THE BASE AFTER
BLOWBACK AFTER SESSIONS. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS IS GOING ON
HERE AND WHAT'S THE IMPACT ON ALL OF THESE PEOPLE?
>> THE IMPACT IS IT'S HARMFUL. IT'S GOING TO MAKE US OUR
MILITARY LESS STRONG. IT IS NOT GOING TO HELP MILITARY
READINESS. WHAT'S SO SHOCK ABOUT THIS IS
THESE ARE MEN AND WOMEN WHO PUT ON THEIR UNIFORMS IN THE
MORNING, REPORT TO DUTERTE IF I AND FIND OUT VIA TWITTER THAT
THEY'RE COMMANDER AND CHIEF DOESN'T HAVE A ROLE FOR THEM IN
THE MILITARY. IT'S OUTRAGEOUS AND THESE
THOUSANDS OF MEN AND WOMEN ARE SERVING IN ALL CAPACITIES.
SO YOU'RE REALLY UNDERMINING MILITARY READINESS.
IT DISREGARDS THEM AND DISRESPECTS THEM AND I THINK IT
ACTUALLY HARMS OUR MILITARY READINESS AND THE NATIONAL
SECURITY. >> AND THIS CONTRADICTS ALSO THE
PRESIDENT'S THEN CANDIDATE TRUMP'S ASSURANCES DURING THE
CAMPAIGN SAYING HE WOULD BE BETTER THAN HILLARY CLINTON FOR
LGBTQ PEOPLE. >> WELL, YOU KNOW, I WORKED SO
HARD WITH OTHER ON REPEALING DON'T ASK DON'T TELL, I MEAN,
THIS IS EX-JUST AN EXTENSION OF THAT KIND OF DISCRIMINATION.
THESE ARE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WILL SACRIFICE THEIR LIVES FOR THIS
COUNTRY AND THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF IS DISREGARDING THAT.
IT MAKES NO SENSE. IT'S SO DISCRIMINATORY AND SO
TOXIC AND CONGRESS NEEDS TO PUSH BACK.
I'M GOING TO WORK REALLY HARD ON A PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT THE
PRESIDENT DOES NOT DO THIS TO OUR TROOPS WHO ARE SERVING
BRAVELY AND WITH ENORMOUS RESPECT AND CREDIBILITY.
IT'S HORRIBLE WHAT HE'S DONE. >> NOW, THERE DOES SEEM TO BE
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT TO SAY THE LEAST.
JOHN McCAIN, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE,
SENATOR MATCH AND OTHERS. SO IT WOULD SEEM IS IS THERE A
PATH WHERE CONGRESS LEGISLATIVELY CAN DRAW THE LINE
ON THIS CHANGE? >> WELL OF COURSE THERE'S A
PATH. AS WE REPEAL DON'T ASK DON'T
TELL I WILL WORK HARD TO MAKE SURE THIS DOESN'T BECOME THE
POLICY OF THE U.S. MILITARY. IT HARMS OUR TROOPS, IT HARMS
OUR NATIONAL DEFENSE, IT HARMS MILITARY READINESS.
I CAN'T THINK OF SOMETHING WORSE DO RIGHT NOW.
>> NOW, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS ALSO JUST INTERVENED WITH A
BRIEF IN A NEW YORK CASE. IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE SEEN
THIS, BUT A VERY AGGRESSIVE STANCE BY THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
AGAINST ALL GAY PEOPLE. WHAT ARE YOU READING FROM THIS
IN TERMS OF THE SOCIAL ISSUES AND HOW THE ADMINISTRATION IS
HANDLING IT. >> THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS
WHY I OPPOSE JEFF SESSIONS IN THE FIRST PLACE, BECAUSE HE DOES
NOT SHARE MY VALUES AND TO DISCRIMINATE PEOPLE IN THE
WORKPLACE, AGAIN, ANTITHETICAL TO OUR CORE AMERICAN VALUES.
I THINK IT'S A HUGE PROBLEM AND I'M GOING TO PUSH BACK ON THIS
EFFORT BY THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO TARGET LGBT AMERICANS.
IT'S WRONG, IT'S MORALLY WRONG. >> AT THE SAME TIME, THE --
THERE'S AN AGREEMENT NOW SENATE AND HOUSE AGREEMENT JUST HAS TO
BE WORKED OUT IN CONFERENCE ON THOSE SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA,
IRAN, AND NORTH KOREA. THE PRESIDENT, ACCORDING TO
SCARAMUCCI, IS STILL CONSIDERING A VETO.
THIS WAS PASSED OVERWHELMINGLY IN BOTH HOUSES 97-1 IN THE
SENATE, 419-3 IN THE HOUSE. WHAT WOULD BE THE POINT OF
VETOING SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE OVERRIDDEN?
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE WOULD BE TO DO THAT.
THESE SANCTIONS ARE IMPORTANT. WE NEED TO HOLD RUSSIA
ACCOUNTABLE FOR INTERFERING WITH OUR ELECTION AS THE NATIONAL
SECURITY ANALYSTS HAVE TOLD US. WE HAVE TO HOLD NORTH KOREA
ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR MISSILE TESTS, FOR THEIR THREATS TO HARM
AMERICA. WE HAVE TO HOLD IRAN ACCOUNTABLE
FOR THEIR MISSILE TESTS, FOYER THEIR INVESTIGATEMENT TERRORISM.
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO AND IF WOOR UNWILLING TO HOLD THESE
COUNTRIES ACCOUNTABLE THEN WE'RE NOT KEEPING AMERICA SAFE.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHY THE PRESIDENT WOULD CONSIDER
SOMETHING WHERE WE WOULD OVERRIDE HIS VETO.
CONGRESS HAS A VAST MAJORITY SUPPORTING THESE BILLS ONLY A
HANDFUL OF PEOPLE HAVE VOTED AGAINST THEM SO WE ARE GOING
OVERRIDE THAT VETO. >> VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS SPOKEN OUT
STRONGLY AGAINST THIS. COULD THAT BE PART OF THE
CALCULUS. >> YOU CAN ASK THE PRESIDENT,

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