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Who banned transgender folks from serving their country. theyre working to roll back the equal access rule trying to kick transgender folks out of homeless shelters. its the same administration thats attacking the children of same-sex couples and dealing with their citizenship. so if you look at the actual actions of this administration, refusing to fly the pride flag as weve been able to do for nearly a decade under barack obama is just one more, you know, insult to injury that this trump admin...

Any police department or law enforcement agency off the hook as it relates to lgbtq people and other marginalized communities. we have a lot of work to do with law enforcement locking arms with them to make sure that lgbtq crimes are being reported and accurately and particularly crimes against transgender people. but it is a extraordinary day. and stonewall 50 years ago, it is hard to believe out of that darkness with pride starting very much as a protest, how much light has come since then. ma...

Israel. a big pride celebration there every year. what is going on here and why would they pick this fight? >> i think you have an administration and a president that is trying to have it both ways. he wrapped himself in the pride flag when running for president. he has just a week ago tweeted out his supposed support for lgbtq people and yet -- >> first time since being president. >> true story. and yet his administration has attacked the lgbtq community in rhetoric and record more than 113 tim...

They will threaten to follow through on their own with the tariffs the presidents been talking about. but a lot of it is still up in the air. but for now the 5% tariff on american goods is suspended. >> mike, can you tell us about the beef one more time about flying the pride flag since its pride month? >> yes, its a controversy now that there were embassies around the world in israel and germany and latvia wanted to flalg the pride flag at the center of the ground, most visible place on the emb...

Specifically approved. josh letterman an msnbc news political news recorder broke the story for us. josh, now, official embassy flag poli poles. have any other flags be flown on that pole in the past? >> the flag has been flown in the past. during the obama administration blanket approval to all u.s. embassies that wanted to fly the pride flag on that official flagpole during the month of june. lgbt pride month. the trump add min changed that. you have to go back to washington for specific appro...

And germany asked the state department for permission during this, pride month internationally, to fly the pride flag at the embassy on their flagpole. the state department said no, we wont let you do it. you can fly it elsewhere within the embassy grounds. you can take part of festivities and observances of pride month but you cannot fly it from the main flagpole. especially interesting because in the case of germany, the american ambassador there, rick vernal, a close ally of president trump, ...

To thrive they have to make sure americas employees are free to work and travel, business owners all 1.4 million of them and trillion of dollars added to the economy are free to thrive in this country an not looking over the shoulder. >> youre saying he should note the green in the pride flag? >> business leaders generally care and all the peep that the people that this president hate lgbtq people. including the vice president of the united states, they are completely home foeb ib. -- homephobic...

And appear for another rally. you were there, beth, at the launch event for kamala harris and you were there for elizabeth warrens launch event as well and now, bernie. give me a sense of the different make-up of the crowd. there were a number of young people there at brooklyn college. >> reporter: yeah. hes always been very popular among younger people, college students. there certainly were a lot of those here. we met families and older folks as well. this crowd was also pretty diverse. he was...

Later that day they said i was disrespectful and violated the decorum of the capital. ironically, thats how i feel he behaved towards president trump. democratic politicians have a history of running away with things dont go their way. remember the democrat lawmakers in wisconsin who flew across state lines to avoid voting on scott walkers budget? by the way wisconsin has a surplus. in california the only reason she won the popular vote was a new poll saying state residents wants to secede from ...

Later that day they said i was disrespectful and violated the decorum of the capital. ironically, thats how i feel he behaved towards president trump. democratic politicians have a history of running away with things dont go their way. remember the democrat lawmakers in wisconsin who flew across state lines to avoid voting on scott walkers budget? by the way wisconsin has a surplus. in california the only reason she won the popular vote was a new poll saying state residents wants to secede from ...