WE GET THE NUMBERS >>> I JUST THINK THAT AS MORE
AND MORE AMERICANS COME TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS IS ALL
ABOUT IS A SUPER-PROPOSITION --
WHO DO YOU LOVE?
WHO DO YOU LOVE?
AND WILL YOU BE LOYAL TO THE
PERSON YOU LOVE?
THAT’S WHAT PEOPLE ARE FINDING
OUT.
OUT. WHAT ALL MARRIAGES AT THE LOOT
ARE ABOUT, WHETHER THEY’RE
MARRIAGES OF LESBIANS OR GAYMEN
OR HETEROSEXUALS.
OR HETEROSEXUALS. I AM ABSOLUTELY COMFORTABLE WITH
THE FACT THAT MEN MARRYING MEN,
WOMEN MARRYING WOMEN, ARE
ENTITLED TO THE SAME EXACT CIVIL
LIBERTIES, AND QUITE FRANKLY, I
DON’T SEE MUCH OF A DISTINCTION
BEYOND THAT.
BEYOND THAT. >>> TODAY MARKS THE EIGHT-YEAR
ANNIVERSARY SINCE JOE BIDEN MADE
THE COMMENTS WHEN SET IN MOTION
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION’S
SUPPORT OF MARRIAGE.
ALFONSO, YOU ALL HAVE AN
ANNOUNCEMENT, ENDORSEMENT.
ANNOUNCEMENT, ENDORSEMENT. WHO ARE YOU ENDORSING FOR
PRESIDENT OF THE NUNS UNITED
STATES?
STATES? >> GOOD MORE, MIKA.
THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN IS
ANNOUNCING TODAY WE ARE
ENDORSING JOE BIDEN TO BE THE
NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.
STATES. JOE BIDEN WILL BE THE PRESIDENT
WHO FIGHTS FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE, HE
FIGHTS FOR MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES NO MATTER THE
POLITICAL COST.
POLITICAL COST. EIGHT YEARS AGO JOE BIDEN STOOD
UP FOR OUR COMMUNITIES IN
SUPPORT OF MARRIAGE EQUALITY.
HE SOLIDIFIED A PRO-EQUALITY
MAJORITY, AND HE CONTINUES TO
STAND WITH US.
HE SUPPORTED MARRIAGE EQUALITY
AT A TIME WHEN BOTH HIS AND
PRESIDENT OBAMA’S REELECTION
WERE ON THE LINE.
HE MADE THIS DECISION WHEN FEW
PEOPLE AT THE TIME SAW IT AS THE
RIGHT POLITICAL DECISION, BUT HE
KNEW IT WAS THE RIGHT MORAL
DECISION, SO WE ARE PROUD TO
ENDORSE HIM TODAY TO BE THE NEXT
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
>> ALFONSO, PEOPLE FORGET THAT
WAS ONLY EIGHT YEARS AGO, BUT
THAT WAS A BOLD POSITION EVEN
FOR A DEMOCRATIC VICE PRESIDENT
TO TAKE.
TO TAKE. HE WAS OUT IN FRONT OF PRESIDENT
OBAMA HIMSELF.
OBAMA HIMSELF. WHAT MORE WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE
FROM JOE BIDEN?
WHAT IS TOP OF LIST OF YOUR
AGENDA AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS
CAMPAIGN?
CAMPAIGN? >> WELL, WE HAVE A PIECE OF
LEGISLATION CALLED THE EQUALITY
ACT.
ACT. THE EQUALITY ACT WOULD
EFFECTIVELY PROTECT LESBIAN,
GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER AND
QUEER PEOPLE FROM
DISCRIMINATION.
DISCRIMINATION. THEY ARE AT RISK FROM BEING
FILED FROM THEIR JOBS SIMPLY
BECAUSE OF WHO THEY ARE, AND WE
CURRENTLY HAVE NO FEDERAL LAW
THAT EXPLICITLY PROTECTS PEOPLE.
JOE BIDEN HAS SAID PUBLICLY AND
TO US DIRECTLY THAT THE EQUALITY
ACT WILL BE A PRIORITY IN HIS
ADMINISTRATION A IN ADDITION WE
KNOW THAT TRANSGENDERS OF OUR
COMMUNITY ARE SUFFERING HIGH
RATINGS OF VIOLENCE, LAST YEAR
ALONE 26 TRANSGENDER PEOPLE OF
COLOR WERE MURDERED, WERE KILLED
IN THIS COUNTRY.
THIS YEAR ALONE WE HAVE AT LEAST
TEN TRANSGENDER PEOPLE AND
GENDER NON-CONFORMING PEOPLE WHO
HAVE BEEN KILLED.
VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS MADE A
COMMITMENT TO ADDRESS THESE
ISSUES TO MAKE SURE WE ARE AT
THE FRONT LINES OF ADDRESSING
VIOLENCE THAT’S AFFECTING
MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES,
MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE
TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY.
TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY. OF COURSE, THIS GOES WITHOUT
SAYING, BUT THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION IS LOOKING TO
ROLL BACK OUR RIGHTS.
THEY HAVE BANNED TRAN GENDER
TROOPS FROM THE MILITARY.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS
EFFECTIVELY SAID IF YOU’RE A
FEDERAL CONTRACTOR, YOU SHOULD
BE ALLOW TO DO FIRE A GAY,
LESBIAN, TRANSGENDER OR QUEER
PERSON.
PERSON. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS
SAID IT WANTS TO CHANGE THE
RULES SO IF THEY WANT TO FOSTER
OR ADOPT A CHILD, AN AGENCY
SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO
DISCRIMINATE, SHOULD BE ALLOWED
TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST SINGLE
WOMEN, DISCRIMINATE AGAINST
RELIGIOUS MINORITIES.
RELIGIOUS MINORITIES. SO WE HAVE IN JOE BIDEN SOMEONE
WHO IS A FIGHTER FOR EQUALITY,
SOMEONE WHO WILL PROTECT
MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, AND WE
KNOW THAT, WILLIE, THAT THE
MAJORITY OF VOTERS SUPPORT
EQUALITY.
EQUALITY. WE HAVE 57 MILLION PRO-EQUALITY
VOTERS IN THIS COUNTRY, VOTERS
WHO PRIORITIZE LGBTQ ISSUES AT
THE BALLOT BOX.
THEY ARE KEY TO AT THE VICE
PRESIDENT BECOMING PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES.
I’M JOINING JOE BIDEN TONIGHT IN
AN ENDORSEMENT AT 6:30.
>>> BEFORE YOU GO, ALFONSEOALFON
BIDEN CAME ON THE SHOW TO
ADDRESS CONCERNS ABOUT
ACCUSATIONS AGAINST HIM BY TARA
READE, THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN
OF COURSE IS ABOUT EQUALITY FOR
ALL PEOPLE.
ALL PEOPLE. DOES ANYTHING ABOUT HER
ACCUSATIONS CONCERN YOU IN ANY
WAY?
WAY? >> WELL, I THINK, MIKA, IT IS
ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL THAT WE
LISTEN TO SURVIVORS WHO HAVE FOR
TOO LONG HAD THEIR VOICES
UNILATERALLY DISMISSED.
UNILATERALLY DISMISSED. SURVIVORS SHOULD BE HEARD,
SURVIVORS SHOULD BE LISTENED TO
AND TAKEN SERIOUS LID.
WHEN THEY ALLEGATIONS COME
FORWARD, WE MUST GIVE THEM A
FULL EVALUATION, BUT IN THE
MEANTIME WE ALSO MUST MOBILIZE
TO DEFEAT DONALD TRUMP AND MIKE
PENCE.
PENCE. WE CANNOT AFFORD FOR
DONALD TRUMP TO WIN ANOTHER
ELECTION.
ELECTION. ANOTHER FOUR YEARS IS NOT
TENABLE FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME, FOR
LGBT PEOPLE ACROSS THIS COUNTRY
NO MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES WHO
EVERY SING THE DAY ARE WONDERS
WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN BE FIRED
FROM THEIR JOB.
LGBTQ KID WHO IS CONSIDERING
SUICIDE OR ANOTHER TRANS BLACK
WOMAN WHO IS WORRIED BY WALKING
OUTSIDE OF HER APARTMENT.
THIS ELECTION IS WE ARE LOOKING
TO MAKE SURE WE ELECT ’PERSON
WHO WILL PROTECT MARGINALIZED