admiral levine, we re so glad to have you on the show. thank you very much for your perspective. we really hope to have you back. my pleasure. thank you. pleased to be back. so in other news, new comments today from the man who s arguably the most powerful republican on capitol hill right now and the one who might want to be. both talking about just who should be in charge if the gop were to take back control of the senate come november. we ve been reporting on and watching for weeks this sort of simmering fight, simmering debate happening a little bit publicly between mitch mcconnell and senator rick scott of florida. remember, it started back when senator scott, who s in charge of electing more republicans in the midterm, put out an 11-point rescue america plan, something that was almost immediately criticized by mcconnell and other top republicans for its tax policy. but folks who watch the hill saw this as maybe an indication scott could be looking at a challenge to mcconnell s
putting in place laws that basically ban gender-affirming care for trans judith. earlier this afternoon i spoke with a member of the biden administration about this and more. joining us now is assistant secretary for health and four-star admiral dr. rachel levine. she is the highest-ranking openly trans member of the united states government. joining us now for her first interview on this network since she was confirmed to her new position. admiral levine, thank you so much for being on the show this afternoon. well, it s my pleasure. we have a lot to talk about as relates to this national day of trans visibility. but i want to start with your day job. just a couple quick questions on the fight against the pandemic for you. because we are seeing, as you know, the prevalence of this omicron variant ba.2. how concerned are you about that and the possibility it s going to lead to a spike in cases soon here in this country? well, it is very important that we monitor very closely th
who are more vulnerable than i am, particularly trans youth who we need to support and to empower in their lives, not to denigrate. so i m fine, but we have to support others that are more vulnerable. so then what is your message to, say, trans kids in this country who might live in a state that is looking at anti-trans legislation, legislation that would limit the rights of trans youth but are seeing what the biden administration is trying to do here? well, those anti-trans those transphobic actions that states have taken are quite politically motivated. and i ve said before, they are egregious. we need to support and empower trans youth. so my word to them is that we have a president who sees us and supports us as we are, and it is so important for people to be authentic and to live free in the united states, to live in our nation as who they are and of course who they love. and we re going to continue to do everything we can to support them. assistant secretary for health dr
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