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🗓️ 4 April 2019
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0:00.0 | A new bill would allow President Donald Trump to declare himself the first female president |
0:05.6 | in U.S. history. And yes, I know it sounds crazy, but it's an argument brought up by |
0:10.0 | Representative Matt Gates when discussing the Equality Act. This is a bill that seeks to amend |
0:14.8 | the 1964 Civil Rights Act to include gender identity as a protected class. Gates argues that gender |
0:20.4 | identity is too vaguely defined and it would allow anyone to claim that they were male or female |
0:25.2 | thus, in an extreme case, Trump could claim he is the first female president. Now on the left, |
0:31.0 | they're arguing that the right is just trying to use transphobia to stop the bill from being past. |
0:36.1 | However, it seems that as we try to expand civil rights, there is some contradiction that will |
0:41.6 | ultimately be fought against by the left themselves. In one circumstance, as people sought gender |
0:47.7 | inclusivity and a lounge, intersectional feminists actually resisted this because they wanted a woman |
0:53.6 | only space. It's true that this new bill as well as the existing law might make it impossible |
0:59.8 | for women's only programs. Today, let's take a look at what's going on exactly with the Equality |
1:05.1 | Act and how people are trying to counter it or how they're defending it. But before we get started, |
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1:32.9 | Our first story from The Washington Post, Rep Gates says transgender rights bill would let Trump |
1:38.4 | declare himself the first female president. The story says, Gates, one of Trump's most vocal |
1:43.7 | defenders on Capitol Hill is known for making incendiary statements. He was speaking at a hearing |
1:48.4 | on HR5 the Equality Act, which would prohibit discrimination against gay and transgender individuals |
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