As if the engine is increasing the pressure below Donald Trump’s Second President John Lovett urges them not to cave.
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“I think that’s awful shit,” Lovett said. Supporters In an interview Tuesday about the Trump administration’s new attacks LGBTQ+ Principles of Americans, immigration, and core democracy. Co-founders and previous members of the crooked media Obama It contains SpeechWriter Washington, DC, As part of White House correspondent’s dinner week for live taping of his podcasts Lovett or leave it At Lincoln Theatre on Thursday, his focus remains straight for a story that doesn’t reach the gala stage. The fate of gay asylum seekers was deported without justification, or as the government claims argued; Transgender Americans are not worthy of service Military.
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Lovett warnings came as several major universities resisted the government’s demands. Harvard refused to follow Trump’s drastic demands of surveillance, but others like Columbia surrendered, surrendered academic freedom, cracking down on their campuses and regaining threatened federal funds.
“We’re seeing Colombia surrender and demands continue,” Lovett said. “We see the law firm surrender… we see talks with Trump entering Paramount on this frivolous lawsuit. 60 minutes. When news organizations fall into the cave, they fear Trump more than journalists and producers. And that has to be changed. ”
Lovett called the political moment “a huge battle last year,” warning that institutional surrender would only invite more authoritarian overreach. “Every inch that Trump gets is the inch that we won’t come back,” he said.
That erosion is less obvious than in the case of Andry José Hernán de z Romero, a 31-year-old gay Venezuelan asylum seeker who legally entered the US through the CBP One app. After being detained Californiahanding over a reliable and terrifying interview, waiting for his asylum hearing, he was suddenly deported. El Salvador Under the alien enemy law in March.
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“This gay makeup artist is like a nightmare,” Lovett said. “And there’s something about this guy’s homosexuality, the femininity of the photos he posted on social media. I think people feel like they’re really sad and emotional and make people feel more emotional about it.”
Hernandez Romero’s deportation was caused by a dishonest former police officer working for Corecivic, a private prison contractor. The officer cited two crown tattoos as suspects allegedly suspected as gangster symbols. US officials used tattoos and social media posts featuring beauty tutorials to justify his deportation. He was later identified in video footage posted by the Salvador government, bound and sobed and marched to Secott Mega Prison.
“They claim that his social media is making clear that he is a member of this gang,” Lovett said. “And you’re looking at what he posted — glamour shots and makeup shots and beauty shots — and that’s ridiculous.”
Lovett pointed to A time Photojournalist who captured the most frightening moments: Hernandez Romero, said, “I don’t belong here. I’m gay.”
“Obviously, that’s literally meaningless,” said gay Lovett. “But for all of us, I think we understand why it makes sense.”
Democrat Lawmakers, including Rep. Robert Garcia, traveled to El Salvador this week, Supporters That they requested formal wellness checks and proof of life. “He had no access to family, lawyers or anyone, or really anyone,” Garcia said.
Lovett praised the promotion of accountability, but noted the wider threat. “If the government argues that people are wiped out without justification, and that they are in foreign prisons and are unable to correct it, then it is a bureaucratic loop of fate in the Cafcask.”
“They were there for five weeks now, five weeks, five weeks. They weren’t contacted, they don’t know if they’ll leave or not. There’s no writing. They don’t have the ability to call lawyers or their families. It’s a living nightmare. They’re a living nightmare. [Defense Secretary] Pete Hegses. But Andry is not moving. He’s there. He’s stuck. ”
Lovett is also currently being challenged as he has discussed the revived transgender military ban on administration Talbottv. UnitedStatesthe lawsuit debated Tuesday before the U.S. DC Court of Appeals. “The order is not written to say that gender-maintaining care causes burdens,” Lovett said. “Being a trans means that it’s essentially inappropriate to serve by not so many words.”
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During the oral debate, the Trump administration faced keen skepticism from a three-judicial panel. Judge Cornelia Pillard dismissed the government’s logic and pointed out that the policy explicitly bans transgender people who have transitioned without regard to medical diagnosis. “Your point is that as long as you don’t serve as a trans person, you can serve as a trans person,” she said.
Justice Department attorney Jason Mannion has repeatedly admitted that he had no idea how the policy would be enforced or how many service members it would affect. In previous district court proceedings, Judge Ana Reyes accused the government’s rationale of “dripping in animus and dripping under the pretext.”
Lovett said Animus was clear. “I couldn’t write more clearly to show animus to trans people in uniform in this country.
Recognizing the setback in polls on the trans issue, Lovett stressed, “The American people don’t support what this administration is doing. Most of this country still understands and respects the service of trans people.”
Lovett said there is only one way to move forward in the face of an impending dictatorship.
“If we all say no, then we all stand up, we are stronger, we are stronger, Trump is weaker, and if Trump can pick up institutions, businesses, organizations one by one, he becomes stronger and we become weaker.
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