{"id":2211244,"date":"2024-04-02T09:51:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T13:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rachel-levine-mocks-critics-who-slammed-biden-for-celebrating-transgender-day-of-visibility-on-easter\/"},"modified":"2024-04-02T09:51:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T13:51:26","slug":"rachel-levine-mocks-critics-who-slammed-biden-for-celebrating-transgender-day-of-visibility-on-easter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rachel-levine-mocks-critics-who-slammed-biden-for-celebrating-transgender-day-of-visibility-on-easter\/","title":{"rendered":"Rachel Levine responds to critics who slammed Biden for acknowledging &#8216;Transgender Day of Visibility&#8217; on Easter"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frachel-levine-mocks-critics-who-slammed-biden-for-celebrating-transgender-day-of-visibility-on-easter%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2211244&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Admiral \u200dRachel Levine, the transgender\u2064 assistant secretary for health \u200din the Biden administration,\u200d responded to \u200dcritics who\u200c slammed\u200c President Joe Biden for recognizing the &#8220;Transgender Day of Visibility&#8221; on \u200bEaster. Biden&#8217;s message conveyed support \u200dand respect for transgender\u200d Americans, prompting \u2063mixed reactions including criticism from former President \u200cDonald Trump&#8217;s re-election campaign \u200cand\u2064 House\u200d Speaker \u2063Mike\u2063 Johnson.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Adm. Rachel Levine, the trans-identifying assistant secretary for health in the Biden administration, mocked critics who slammed President Joe Biden for celebrating the \u201cTransgender Day of Visibility\u201d on Easter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Sunday, as Christians worldwide celebrated Easter, Biden posted on X, \u201cToday, on Transgender Day of Visibility, I have a simple message to all trans Americans: I see you. You are made in the image of God, and you\u2019re worthy of respect and dignity.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today, on Transgender Day of Visibility, I have a simple message to all trans Americans:<\/p>\n<p>I see you.<\/p>\n<p>You are made in the image of God, and you&#8217;re worthy of respect and dignity. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ihvsJrXEyd\">pic.twitter.com\/ihvsJrXEyd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 President Biden (@POTUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\/status\/1774511985700352189?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 31, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">He also posted, \u201cOn Transgender Day of Visibility, we celebrate the joy, strength, and absolute courage of some of the bravest people I know.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On Transgender Day of Visibility, we celebrate the joy, strength, and absolute courage of some of the bravest people I know.<\/p>\n<p>Today, we show millions of transgender and nonbinary Americans that we see them, they belong, and they should be treated with dignity and respect. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mhixHV9KC2\">pic.twitter.com\/mhixHV9KC2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden\/status\/1774466760084717656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 31, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Among others, former President Donald Trump\u2019s re-election campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/assault-on-the-christian-faith-trump-campaign-blasts-biden-declaring-easter-sunday-transgender-day-of-visibility\">released a statement<\/a> calling the declaration an example of the Biden administration\u2019s \u201cyears-long assault on the Christian faith.\u201d House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerJohnson\/status\/1774147658841493617\">posted<\/a> on X that the White House \u201chas betrayed the central tenet of Easter \u2014 which is the resurrection of Jesus Christ \u2026 Banning sacred truth and tradition \u2014 while at the same time proclaiming Easter Sunday as \u2018Transgender Day\u2019 \u2014 is outrageous and abhorrent. The American people are taking note.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Former Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottWalker\/status\/1774159075451805791\">said<\/a> on X, \u201cThis should [be] evidence to anyone who voted for Biden in 2020 because they thought he was reasonable that he is not. Biden is pandering to the radical fringe within politics. The only reason to pick Easter Sunday for this day was to stir up division with Christians. He is wrong!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Levine subsequently mocked the critics in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advocate.com\/news\/rachel-levine-transgender-biden-administration\">The Advocate<\/a>, saying, \u201cI felt that it was faux outrage. It was manufactured \u2026 It\u2019s just that this Sunday was Easter, which is a very important holiday and very important event, and it also just happened to be the 31st.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1711847459151000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3OccKYAVbZP-9J-sgruazM\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Levine then cited the iconic \u201cStar Wars\u201d films, declaring that the critics were, in reality, afraid: \u201cYou know there\u2019s a quote from Yoda \u2026 Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate, and hate leads to suffering.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThis is not a social contagion phenomenon, and we\u2019ve been around forever, hiding in the closet. So, the ability in our society now is not to be in the closet. We need to foster that and to nurture that,\u201d Levine insisted.<\/p>\n<p><em>Daniel Chaitin contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Admiral Rachel Levine, the transgender assistant secretary for health under Biden, responded to critics who rebuked President Biden for recognizing the &#8220;Transgender Day of Visibility&#8221; on Easter. 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