Trump's comments appear to refer to a 2019 American Civil Liberties Union questionnaire filled out by then-Sen. Harris during her first presidential bid. The questionnaire asked: "As President, will you use your executive authority to ensure that transgender and nonbinary people who rely on the state for medical care - including those in prison and immigration detention - will have access to comprehensive treatment associated with gender transition, including all necessary surgical care? If yes, how will you do so?"
She responded yes, adding that "it is important that transgender individuals who rely on the state for care receive the treatment they need, which includes access to treatment associated with gender transition." She noted that as the California state attorney general, she backed the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation decision to provide gender transition surgery to state inmates.
In 2015, while Harris was the attorney general, California and the Transgender Law Center reached a historic settlement to move a transgender woman inmate to a women's correctional facility and provide her with transgender medical care that had been deemed medically necessary by several medical and mental health clinicians, according to the settlement agreement.
The case was hailed by LGBTQ activists, who said it would impact incarcerated trans people nationwide. Harris' response in the ACLU questionnaire continued, adding that she supported policies that ensure access to inclusive healthcare.
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