Trump and Linda McMahon lie about trans kids — in front of schoolchildrenThe president and Linda McMahon turned a back-to-school celebration into a barrage of falsehoods about transgender students, education and vaccines.
https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/trump-linda-mcmahon-transgender-school 🔗The Advocate - Christopher Wiggins
Aug 25, 2026
President Donald Trump and Education Secretary Linda McMahon used a White House back-to-school celebration Monday to spread lies about transgender children and education in front of students.
Trump called Biden-era education policy "weaponized" and falsely claimed "transgender insanity" had been forced on children as young as 4.
That's not true. No Biden policy forced children to identify as transgender, and Trump cited no law making affirmation abuse—the targeted policies concern names, pronouns and privacy — not medical treatment.
McMahon repeated the lie that schools secretly transition children and threatened their federal funding over supposed "radical experiments."
"After the Biden administration allowed schools to secretly transition students without parents' knowledge, President Trump is defending parental rights like never before," McMahon said. "At his direction, we are working hand in hand with the Department of Justice to ensure no school district ever has more power over a child than their own parents."
"If they subject children to radical experiments and sideline parents, they will lose their federal funding. .."
None of that is actually happening. The Education Department has identified no schools conducting medical experiments or medically transitioning students.----------------------------------------
And no one in his Administration calls them out on it.
Such a disgrace to the office of the Presidency.
We need to bring integrity back to things like elected public office.
