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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Alex Woodward

Joe Biden condemns Florida’s ‘cruel’ treatment of young transgender people: ‘Close to sinful’

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President Joe Biden lamented Florida’s “cruel” treatment of transgender young people in an interview with The Daily Show as Governor Ron DeSantis and Republican state lawmakers advance a series of policies targeting gender-affirming care for trans Americans in the state.

“What’s going on in Florida, is, as my mother would say, close to sinful. It’s terrible what they’re doing,” the president said during an interview with The Daily Show’s Kal Penn.

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