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For a community that doesnt have representation in parliament, is at the worst end of all the statistics in terms of mental health, physical abuse, sexual abuse. iwill always stand by them, speak up for them. what i would also say to my own community is that if we are also trying to win round hearts and minds, and persuade people and to negotiate the future of lgbt, dont try to shut down peoples voices. we have got to engage with this. sometimes it can feel unfair, this idea that you have to jus...

If it offends notjust christians but people with a religious view, we wont do it." you see a parallel with that sort of conversation? yeah, i think so. and we — i think one of the ways that parliament really did its job was that those views came to the fore of the discussion, were negotiated, debated and reconciled in law, and weve ended up notjust changing laws but changing hearts and minds in the process. and that thats where i think we need to get to on trans rights. and as an lgbt politici...

Sort of conversation? yeah, i think so. i think one of the ways that parliament really did its job was that those views came to the fore of the discussion, were negotiated, debated and reconciled in law, and weve ended up notjust changing laws but changing hearts and minds in the process. thats where i think we need to get to on trans rights. as an lgbt politician — im not all four but im a gay politician — i see myself as part of an lgbt community. i will always stand up for trans rights an...

And minds in the process. thats where i think we need to get to on trans rights. as an lgbt politician — im not all four but im a gay politician — i see myself as part of an lgbt community. i will always stand up for trans rights and for a community that doesnt have representation in parliament, is at the worst end of all the statistics on things like mental ill—health, physical abuse, sexual abuse. i will always stand by them, speak up for them. but what i would also say to my own communi...

The white house is not going to participate in the impeachment hearing process happening now in the house. they rejected an offer from democrats to present any type of defense for president trump during the house process. >> yeah. in a strongly-worded letter. the white house counsel called the proceedings baseless, reckless, and a charade. joining us now is kristin holmes. no one expected the white house to participate. so no big surprise here. >> reporter: thats right. we have to keep two thing...

Have representation in congress they dont have a vote and theres not a lot of interest to tackle this in washington, d.c. one exception is there have been millions of puerto ricans have come to the united states and thousands of them have settled in florida. and puerto ricans can play a swing vote there. if you are running for president you have to pay attention to this issue because puerto ricans carry important political sway in the same way we have seen with cuban americans in past elections ...

The law so that puerto rico can restructure their deads in the same way that cities in the united states can. until that happens you have 16 entities in puerto rico that have issued debt and there is no formal way to restructure that debt if puerto rico cant pay it. >> and puerto ricans and politicians have lobbied for equal stat us under u.s. law. what about the political dimension to all. this if residents here cant vote does that play into this all? >> that is an important dimension here. bec...