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Trump, Republicans made it clear: My community isn't welcome anymore

By: Sara Pequeno
USA today

..... President Donald Trump was in peak form on Tuesday [03/04/2025] when he addressed Congress.
..... For over an hour, he riled up the Republican half of the audience with declaration about what he shad accomplished, form completing "the largest deportation operation in American history"to the tariffs that he has imposed on foreign countries to his quest to get rid of "wokeness" in the government and schools. He also bragged about targeting tans people.
..... As I watched him go on about the accomplishments, I could see the energy of Republicans in the room. And what I saw made me nervousness about the rest of his presidency.
..... "See weeks ago, I stood beneath the dome of this Capitol and proclaimed the dawn of the golden age of America," Trump said. "From that moment on, it has been nothing but swift and unrelenting action to usher in the greatest and most successful era in the history of our country."
..... Republicans were on the edge of their seats, constantly standing to applaud the man they probably owe their political careers to. They cheered when Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency were mentioned. Vice President JD Vance could barely contain his glee as Trump listed all of the initiatives in the United States and abroad that had been labeled "DEI." Representative Marjorie Taylor Green of Georgia wore a MAGA read hat saying "Trump was right about everything."
..... For, them, this is no cause for concern - it was a celebration, a so-called return to normalcy. For some of us, it was a reminder of the politician target Republicans have placed on our lives.
..... "And our country will be woke no longer," Trump told Congress.

President was quick to remind us of his hate for trans people

..... Trump spoke of his declaration that there would be only two genders recognized by the United States.
..... "I aslo signed an executive order to ban men from playing in women's sports," Trump said, before going on to tell the story of Payton McNabb, a high school student who became an activist against transgender girls in women's sports after suffering a brain injury when a tans girl spiked a volleyball at her.
.... He recognized several anti-trans activist, including January Littlejohn, whose story about her child's Florida public school transitioning them show
..... Trump brought it all back to mitigation - how the number of border crossings was going down, and how the country was going to keep criminals off the streets, It is horrifying to was justify his vile treatment of immigrates.
..... "We are achieving the great liberation of americium," Trump said. I guess Republicans don't care that their "liberation" comes through the persecution of other Americans.

Representative Al Green showed Democrats how to protest Trump's lies

..... I was glad to see one Democratic lawmaker, Representative Al Green of Texas, stand and speak in protest of the administration. he was escorted out of the chamber.
..... A few other Democratizes left throughout Trump's address. Most Democrats, though, stayed in there seats, holding circular signs with straight forward slogans like "Musk steals" and "Save Medicaid." None of that will later the hateful course Republicans seen dedicated totaling America through. But it;s good to see Democrats finally showing some fight.

Watch Republican cheer for Trump's hate was depressing

..... I'm dismayed that Republicans are cheering while Trump sues racist, hateful rhetoric to talk about other human beings.
..... I'm terrified that no one seems willing or able to stand up to his delusions of grandeur.
..... Before we know it, we won't be able to recognizing the United States as the progressive and inclusive country we were slowly becoming.
..... "I've spent a lot of time since Trump's inauguration thinking. I'm thinking about my various identities and how LGBTQ+ community. I'm thinking they intersect. I'm thinking of the people I care about that Trump and Republicans are trying to erase. All we can do is continue, despite it all.
..... I want to live in a county where everyone is recognized for who they are. After this speech, I fear that we are not going to be there for a long time, and I fear that it;s precisely how Republicans want it.

..... Follow USA Today columnist Sara Pequeno on X, former Twitter: @sara_pequeno

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