In the speech at Mothers for freedom summit in Philadelphia on Friday, Donald Trump pledged to sign an executive order cutting sex-identified care at all ages.
“On Day One, I will sign an executive order directing any federal agency to stop promoting gender identity or transgender identity at any age. They won’t do it anymore,” Trump told the audience. “I will declare that any hospital or health care provider that engages in the chemical or physical mutilation of minors no longer meets health and safety standards. federal health benefits as well—they will be terminated from receiving federal funds effective immediately. And I will ask Congress […] to get to my desk a bill banning the sexual mutilation of children in all 50 states.”
The remarks were part of a broader program that Trump previewed at the conference for Mothers for Freedom, a far-right group that has advocated for anti-LGBTQ legislation. Trump’s speech came at the end of the first day of the conference, which began with a speech by the Governor of Florida. Ron DeSantis, who is running against Trump for the Republican presidential nomination. Mothers for Freedom summit attendees chanted, “We love Trump,” as the former president arrived an hour later than his scheduled speeches.
Trump opened with familiar complaints about immigration, the media, and the numerous criminal cases that are ongoing against him. But after hearing some older notes from his cryptic speech, Trump proposed a far-reaching set of education policies that would go beyond the measures he took while in office, particularly is related to issues of race and LGBTQ.
Amid a wave of criticism of classroom crime, Trump called for increased incarceration of students. “I will completely overhaul federal standards for school discipline and juvenile justice to drive violent monsters out of your child’s classroom and into reform schools or educational institutions. ,” Trump said.
He also pledged to cut funding for schools that teach issues related to race and gender.
“On Day One, I will be signing a new executive order to cut federal funding to any school that promotes racist theory, transgender madness, and racist content. , sexually or politically otherwise inappropriate for our children,” Trump said.
That comment, along with a pledge to stop federal agencies from promoting sex-identified care for people of all ages, comes as the right retools much of its 2024 message around attacks on transgender rights. Trump has previously pledged prohibits sex-affirmative care for minors, if elected.
Trump also signaled interest in gutting the federal Department of Education. “I want to move our education system back to the states.”
However, he pointed to plans to the federal government on individual schools. After complaining about the pronouns, Trump stated that “for any school that engages in military activities and sabotage this country, I will instruct the DOJ to prosecute them as violators.” The Articles of Incorporation, or freedom of practice, in our constitution.”
Elsewhere in his speech, Trump pledged to abolish teacher tenure and “fire the radical left-wing accrediting groups that have allowed our universities to be dominated by madmen.” mad and monstrous according to Marxism”.
One of his proposals would effectively eliminate funding for most schools, based on near-universal vaccine requirements for their students.
“I won’t give a dime to any organization that mandates vaccinations or requires wearing of masks from kindergarten through college,” Trump said.
