Karine Jean-Pierre, the press secretary for the White House, is perplexed by any governors’ attempts to outlaw thrilling public drag displays and prevent children from receiving gender-conversion surgery.
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She criticized Tennessee Governor Bill Lee for passing law that forbids specific behaviors during the news conference on Friday.
“Tennessee’s governor signed two anti-LGBTQ bills on Thursday, one that bans drag performances from taking place on public property, another bans most gender affirming care to transgender youth. What does the White House make of these laws? And is there anything you can do or planning to do about these laws,” a reporter asked.
“So I’ll say this, the American people are focused on so many issues,” she replied. “We just talked about economy. We just talked about inflation. We’re talking about safer — safer communities and schools, and good health care, all the things that you all ask me every day. And we all know that’s what the American people care about.”
“That’s what — even when they went to vote in November, those were the issues that mattered the most to them,” she went on. “But instead of doing anything to address those real issues that are impacting American people, right now you have a governor from Tennessee has decided to go after drag shows. What sense does that make to go after drag shows? How does that going to help people’s lives?”
Being the first state to enact laws prohibiting drag shows from taking place on public property and close to schools, Tennessee stood up for LGBTQ+ rights. In an effort to safeguard the younger generations living inside their boundaries, they also declared it unlawful for minors to undergo gender reassignment surgery.
According to a recent poll by the American Values Project Foundation, the majority of Americans oppose having kids undergo medical procedures like gender affirmation surgery and anti-puberty medications before they are adults. These findings offer an intriguing window into how the general population feels about these difficult subjects.
Should children under 18 be restricted from making potentially life-altering medical decisions regarding their gender? was the contentious topic presented to respondents in the survey.
According to a recent poll, the majority of individuals questioned strongly supported the proposed ban. Democrats were found to be more in favor than Republicans, with slightly under half of Independents remaining undecided.
Karine Jean-Pierre doesn’t appear to understand the American public’s concerns about protecting children from harm. Obviously, protecting children and young adults is a top concern for people in our nation.
