The first lady swung through Southern California, championing the Biden administration's work for women and LGBTQ people. Protesters over the Mideast war followed.
Championing President Biden’s support for the LGBTQ community and women’s health, First Lady Jill Biden took a swing through Southern California over the weekend, amid dueling protests over the president’s handling of the Middle East conflict. Almost as soon as she landed in Los Angeles, Biden faced protesters, who stood outside the Hancock Park home where she held a Friday night fundraiser, carrying posters of Israeli hostages taken by Hamas and chanting, 'Bring them home.
“And I thought, ‘Thank God, it's only one date,’” she said to laughter from attendees. “Well, one date eventually turned into a marriage proposal.” In a 15-minute speech, she touted the administration’s efforts to protect LGBTQ rights and warned, without naming former President Trump, that “the MAGA extremists are seeking to erase these hard-fought gains.” “History teaches us that democracies don’t disappear overnight. They disappear slowly, subtly, silently.
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