The World Tears Into Trump For Tweets Announcing Trans Military Ban

....Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military. Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming.....

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 26, 2017

....victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail. Thank you

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 26, 2017

Donald: With your ban on trans people from the military, you are on notice that you just pissed off the wrong community. You will regret it.

— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) July 26, 2017

This is discrimination, plain and simple. I stand with the brave transgender Americans who selflessly serve our military. https://t.co/VGck60O9G1

— Kamala Harris (@SenKamalaHarris) July 26, 2017

Transgender Americans are serving honorably in our military. We stand with these patriots.

— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) July 26, 2017

I served on active duty in the U.S. Military. Exclusion of Transgender Americans by @POTUS is not based on facts, it is based on bigotry. https://t.co/DgURRGnMVu

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) July 26, 2017

Transgender Americans are already bravely serving in the military. They are patriots and should be celebrated, not discriminated against. https://t.co/OcAJ9RBzSk

— Rep. Dan Kildee (@RepDanKildee) July 26, 2017

SHAMEFUL. This harms military readiness and puts lives at risk. There are more than 15K active serving #transgender troops. https://t.co/ozWttSu9hi

— HumanRightsCampaign (@HRC) July 26, 2017

Laverne Cox statement on Trump transgender military ban announcement https://t.co/TK2RfSAdPt pic.twitter.com/GaDILVKtPX

— Lorena O'Neil (@lorenaoneil) July 26, 2017

We should be grateful to the people who wish to serve, not turn our backs on them. Banning transgender people is hurtful, baseless and wrong

— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) July 26, 2017

There are many ways to serve our communities/countries. Trans folk have done vital work, putting bodies on the line unlike @realDonaldTrump

— Janet Mock (@janetmock) July 26, 2017

#TransRightsAreHumanRights pic.twitter.com/bIwmUodl0d

— Marc Jacobs (@marcjacobs) July 26, 2017

Stunned that @POTUS would treat #transgender Americans who want to serve our country in this way. This is about bigotry, not safety. https://t.co/ophwdrx4Ic

— Rep. Diana DeGette (@RepDianaDeGette) July 26, 2017

Anyone willing to put their life on the line for their fellow Americans should be allowed to serve, not targeted for their gender identity. https://t.co/Gn3NLDhauV

— Rep. Scott Peters (@RepScottPeters) July 26, 2017

Our military defends our freedom and ideals as a country. Banning transgender servicemembers does not represent who we are as Americans.

— Rep. Scott Peters (@RepScottPeters) July 26, 2017

We won't accept backward and hateful policies. As part of @LGBTEqCaucus, we'll continue fighting for transgender rights and respect for all.

— Rep. Scott Peters (@RepScottPeters) July 26, 2017

Those who choose to enter our military, putting their lives on the line for the country they love, should never be referred to as a burden.

— Rep. Stephen Lynch (@RepStephenLynch) July 26, 2017

We should thank our brave service members for their willingness to serve and ensure they receive the care and benefits they have earned.

— Rep. Stephen Lynch (@RepStephenLynch) July 26, 2017

Every person who honorably serves this country in the military should have full and comprehensive health care. Period.

— Rep. Stephen Lynch (@RepStephenLynch) July 26, 2017

.@POTUS our servicemen & women, regardless of their race, sex, or gender, shouldn’t be targeted--EVER. They risk their lives for our safety.

— Dwight Evans (@RepDwightEvans) July 26, 2017

Banning any qualified person from serving their country because of who they are is both discriminatory and bad national security policy. 1/

— Ruben Gallego (@RepRubenGallego) July 26, 2017

The height of hypocrisy is when you claim to care about our troops but then you openly discriminate against them. #SupportTransTroops

— Raul M. Grijalva (@RepRaulGrijalva) July 26, 2017

We should honor the service of every patriotic American who is brave enough to wear the uniform. Every single one. #ProtectTransTroops

— Elizabeth Esty (@RepEsty) July 26, 2017

The President’s policy announcement today is gratuitously discriminatory and will damage our national security. 2/3

— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) July 26, 2017

Does Trump think Kristin Beck's service on Seal Team 6, where she was awarded bronze star & purple heart, was "burdensome" or "disruptive?" https://t.co/SlDg3ZUyxX

— Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) July 26, 2017

.@POTUS attacks on #transgender troops are wrong. If you serve your country, we should have your back. #LGBT

— Rep. Derek Kilmer (@RepDerekKilmer) July 26, 2017

#ProtectTransTroops pic.twitter.com/ydzYyuFuPF

— Sean Patrick Maloney (@RepSeanMaloney) July 26, 2017

This does not represent who we are as a nation. https://t.co/7H3iWUgN3k

— Senator Patty Murray (@PattyMurray) July 26, 2017

Another #BrokenPromise-Trump said he'd fight for #LGBT Americans, yet bans transgender Americans from serving in uniform #ProtectTransTroops https://t.co/SMB4ZGPVmy

— Steny Hoyer (@WhipHoyer) July 26, 2017

Congress must #ProtectTransTroops against @POTUS 's hateful & discriminatory attack. https://t.co/ZjPMKlW8GG #ProtectTransTroops

— Jackie Speier (@RepSpeier) July 26, 2017

Denying #transgender people opportunity to serve goes against the values that our military fights to protect. #ProtectTransTroops

— Suzanne Bonamici (@RepBonamici) July 26, 2017

The brave Americans who took an oath to defend our country and Constitution deserve our utmost respect and support. #ProtectTransTroops

— Senator Tom Carper (@SenatorCarper) July 26, 2017

Shameful & cowardly to divide Americans willing to serve & sacrifice, for Trump's political gain. #betrayal https://t.co/yyxRF9yj80

— Earl Blumenauer (@repblumenauer) July 26, 2017

Trump’s ban on transgender Americans serving in military is shameful & endangers security. https://t.co/qRkQfYTp0f #ProtectTransTroops pic.twitter.com/pcrRtbeoEn

— Steny Hoyer (@WhipHoyer) July 26, 2017

President Trump’s move to ban transgender troops is on the wrong side of national security & the wrong side of history #ProtectTransTroops

— André Carson (@RepAndreCarson) July 26, 2017

President Trump’s ban on #trans service members is a despicable display of bigotry and disrespect for transgender service members and vets.

— Katherine Clark (@RepKClark) July 26, 2017

Shame on @POTUS who never served for attacking our transgender service members. History will judge you harshly. https://t.co/eUk27hvZtt

— Rep. Nydia Velazquez (@NydiaVelazquez) July 26, 2017

Whatever he enacts, to watch the President publicly reduce soldiers, whatever their orientation, to financial burdens... disgraceful.

— Zelda Williams (@zeldawilliams) July 26, 2017

ALL those who defend our right to live freely should be able to serve freely! There are THOUSANDS currently serving! #ProtectTransTroops

— KATY PERRY (@katyperry) July 26, 2017

There are 15,000 patriotic transgender Americans in the US military fighting for all of us. What happened to your promise to fight for them? https://t.co/WzjypVC8Sr

— Caitlyn Jenner (@Caitlyn_Jenner) July 26, 2017

69 years ago, President Truman desegregated the US Military. This morning, @POTUS turned anti-#trans prejudice into policy.

— Nancy Pelosi (@NancyPelosi) July 26, 2017