As the votes are counted for the 2020 elections, it has just been confirmed that, in the wake of their Democratic win, New York has elected their first-ever openly gay Black congressman.
Here's what we know so far...
History has been made:
Of course, this is a huge step in the right direction for our country's LGBTQ representation...
Now, the Democrats unveiled their stance on LGBTQ issues on October 15th.
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We were treated to 2 separate town hall events - just on different channels from different parts of the country, with undecided voters watching in the audience.It all started when Democratic candidate, Joe Biden, was asked by ABC moderator George Stephanopoulus about how he would have handled the pandemic differently if he was in office...
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And what he said blew Trump right out of the park.Biden used his comparison to lambast Trump for his somewhat "uneven" response to the virus.
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"He missed enormous opportunities and kept saying things that weren’t true," he said, noting that Trump’s administration said the virus would go away by Easter or be eradicated by the summer heat.Biden then said his administration would have followed the pandemic plan laid out by Barack Obama’s administration before Trump took office.
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He explained how his first move would have been "sending Americans to China to get the most up to date knowledge on the virus."The hopeful Democratic candidate then said there should have been more national standards earlier in the pandemic...
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And that the President should be pushing all Americans to use masks as a way to stop the spread. "He didn’t talk about what needed to be done because he kept worrying, in my view, about the stock market... He worried if he talked about how bad this could be, unless we took these precautionary actions, then, in fact, the market would go down. And his barometer of the success of the economy is the market."In similarity to Trump's forum, Biden held a Q&A with potential voters...
The mom explained:
She then asked Biden how he, as President, will reverse this "dangerous and discriminatory agenda"...
Biden immediately responded with:
He then recalled a life lesson he learned from his own father when he was younger.
He carried on:
The mom seemed to be overjoyed with Biden's heartfelt response to the issue surrounding LGBTQ+ rights in America...
@ABC America is so starved for a compassionate leader, we’ve almost forgotten what one sounds like. It sounds just like this! 👆🏼— Adrian Palacios 🇺🇸 (@Adrian Palacios 🇺🇸)1602811395.0
@ABC This literally made me cry in happiness, it is such a relief to hear empathy and understanding.— Museum Planning, Mark Walhimer (@Museum Planning, Mark Walhimer)1602811403.0
@ABC Brought me to tears.— Leona Lynn Lauter (@Leona Lynn Lauter)1602811285.0
@ABC How is anyone still undecided?!? VP Biden shares compassion and empathy, we yearn for this so badly #VoteBidenHarris2020— Dianne, RN BSN 🇺🇸🇳🇱😷 (@Dianne, RN BSN 🇺🇸🇳🇱😷)1602811458.0
@ABC #BidenTownHall @JoeBiden has the right answer for this and he brought up his oldest son Beau Biden having a la… https://t.co/4ZFX2Q8FHh— JP Canlapan (@JP Canlapan)1602811694.0
@ABC A human life is a human life and all Americans should be taken care and protected. I think it is awful what Tr… https://t.co/h5R8RE3LA9— Meredith, with💖 (@Meredith, with💖)1602812557.0
@ABC Thank you, Joe. LGBTQ children deserve the EXACT SAME protections as any other child in this nation. Period. T… https://t.co/PEKVBtUkuY— Joe Vallina, CAE 🇺🇸🇪🇸 (@Joe Vallina, CAE 🇺🇸🇪🇸)1602814269.0
Are we looking at the next President of the United States?
@ABC @TheView Biden answered this Mother’s question in such a thoughtful, kind and compassionate way.— deb (@deb)1602811986.0
And now, Biden has promised to make the Equality Act his top priority...
Asked by a mother of a transgender child about what he will do to protect LGBTQ rights, former VP Biden says: "I wi… https://t.co/hcwU0PedXo— ABC News (@ABC News)1602811213.0