"The White House website has a timeline of "Major Events" that now includes several scandals - some real, some imagined by the right - likely as a way to justify the president's destruction of the East Wing this week. These scandals include former President Bill Clinton's affair, former President Barack Obama's supposed ties to Muslim terrorism (which was not a real story), Hunter Biden's drug use, and former President Joe Biden's support for trans rights."
"For the last one, the website says, "The Biden/Harris administration hosts transexuals at the White House in 2023, and goes on to establish the 'The Transgender Day of Visibility' on the same day as Easter Sunday in 2024." That is not true, but it is a recitation of the myth repeated by numerous Republican leaders since 2023. The Trans Day of Visibility was established in 2009, long before Biden took office, and has always been on March 31."
"The picture that the Trump White House chose to accompany the statement is also misleading. It comes from a White House Pride celebration held in June 2023, months after the Trans Day of Visibility. At that celebration, trans influencer Rose Montoya went topless with two trans men and posted a video of it to social media. The Biden White House immediately condemned her behavior as "inappropriate and disrespectful" and banned Montoya from all future events."
The White House updated its official website timeline to list "Major Events" that include a mixture of real scandals and fabricated or misleading claims about previous presidents. The timeline cites Bill Clinton's affair, false allegations about Barack Obama, Hunter Biden's drug use, and a mischaracterization of Joe Biden's relationship to transgender issues. The site wrongly claims the Biden administration created Trans Day of Visibility and ties it to Easter 2024, despite the day originating in 2009 and always occurring on March 31. A June 2023 Pride photo was repurposed; the Biden White House had condemned and banned the influencer shown.
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