Pelosi Statement on Transgender Service Ban

Contact: Ashley Etienne/Henry Connelly, 202-226-7616

San Francisco — Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi issued this statement after President Trump asked the Supreme Court to take up his discriminatory transgender military ban:

"The President's ban is a cruel and arbitrary decision designed to humiliate transgender Americans who have stepped forward to serve our country.

"This bigoted ban weakens our military readiness and our country, and shows this president's stunning lack of loyalty to those who risk all to defend our freedoms.

"We will continue to fight this discriminatory action, which has no place in our country. House Democrats will never allow hate and prejudice to dictate our national security."

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