Sen. Cory Booker (DN.J.) accused President Donald Trump of targeting the transgender community on Tuesday, urging Congress to pass a Democratic-backed equality law.
Booker gave an emotional speech when he appeared on Capitol Hill along with prominent Democrats from both the House and Senate. His speech, which lasted several minutes, borrowed heavily from the language of Martin Luther King Jr.
“The Equality Act is on the right side of history, and now we stand in a cold shadow of injustice. And here we will introduce this bill again. But it’s not normal to introduce this bill. We introduced it in his campaign, Booker said.
“I want you to know, we’re going to reintroduce this bill with an attitude. We’re going to reintroduce this bill with Swagger. We’ve confidently reintroduced the bill on Tuesday because there are a lot of people who are listening to our voices that don’t understand what they’re involved.
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Senator Cory Booker, DN.J., has accused President Donald Trump of “targeting” transgender people. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, Getty Images)
“I remind those Americans that even the truth, when they are crushed to the ground, after the lies, after the lies, the lies, the truth still rises again, this is still one nation under God. A straight alliance,” he continued. “We declare that the arc of the moral universe is long, but it doesn’t automatically turn.”
Trump swears “a new era of national success,” says America’s “declination is over.”
“We declare daily until justice is established in this land today, and until the Equality Act passes, we grab that arc and pull it, declare that we will respond to our promises in the country, and finally be free and finally be free,” he concluded.
D-Calif. Rep. Nancy Pelosi greets Senate minority leader Charles Schumer (DN.Y.).
The Equality Act prohibits discrimination based on “gender, sexual orientation, gender identity.”
Booker was joined by Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer, DN.Y. Chuck Schumer and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, among other lawmakers.
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The legislative push comes as the Trump administration pushes to end unpopular diversity, equity and inclusion programs across the federal government.
The president’s efforts to end DEIs across the federal government have prompted the cancellation of such programs across the private sector.
Meta canceled the DEI program in January, similar to McDonald’s. And after the 2024 election, Walmart, Ford Motor, John Deere, Lowe and Toyota also ended their DEI programs.
President Donald Trump is pushing to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programs across the federal government. (AP/Alex Brandon)
According to Forbes, IBM, Gannett and Constellation Brands Inc., they recently made changes to their DEI policy in April. Early in 2025, UnitedHealth Group, MLB, Victoria’s Secret, Warner Bros. Discovery, Goldman Sachs, Paramount, Bank of America, Blackrock, Citigroup, Pepsi, Jpmorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Coca-Cola, Deloitte, PBS, Google, Disney, Chipaled back, and more.
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Meanwhile, in March, the National Institutes of Health withdrew the agency’s “scientific integrity policy” implemented in the final weeks of President Biden’s term in order to strip the requirements for DEI.
Brooke Singman of Fox News contributed to this report.
Anders Hagstrom is a reporter for Fox News Digital, covering national politics and major broken news events. Submit your tip to anders.hagstrom@fox.com or via Twitter: @hagstrom_anders.
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