After Supreme Court Order On Transgender Troops, Rep. Deb Haaland Displays Trans Flag
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- Carlos Santoscoy
- | January 25, 2019
Representative Deb Haaland, a Democrat from New Mexico, is displaying a transgender pride flag outside her office in Washington.
βThe trans flag is displayed proudly outside my office door today,β Haaland said in a tweet Tuesday. β#ProtectTransTroops.β
Earlier that day, the Supreme Court allowed President Donald Trump's ban on transgender troops to take effect as several cases work their way through the courts.
(Related: Supreme Court allows Trump's transgender military ban to take effect.)
Earlier this month, Virginia Representative Jennifer Wexton, a Democrat, made headlines when she displayed a transgender flag outside her office.
Democratic Senators Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and Tammy Duckworth of Illinois were among the lawmakers who criticized the Supreme Court's decision.