Walz underlines Democrats' support of LGBTQ rights, slams Vance on school shootings

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : In his speech, Walz praised Vice President Harris for her long history of supporting LGBTQ rights, including officiating some of the first marriages in California after the U.S. Supreme Court deemed same-sex marriage was a legal right in 2015.
50% : "This is the most pro LGBTQ+ administration in American history," Walz said of Harris and President Joe Biden, noting the enactment of the Respect for Marriage Act, which would ensure same-sex and interracial couples continue having their marriages recognized regardless of future U.S. Supreme Court rulings.
50% : "Walz talked about his work passing the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009, which expands the federal hate crime law to include a crime motivated by the victim's gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability.
47% : "Walz said during his run for Congress in 2006, he was asked during a debate if he supported same-sex marriage.
47% : "He highlighted his work in Congress as an early proponent of same-sex marriage and related how he voted to repeal the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy for gay, lesbian and bisexual military members.
26% : "Keep critical race theory and transgender insanity the hell out of our schools," Trump said.
16% : During a Saturday afternoon campaign rally in Mosinee, Wisconsin, Trump accused Walz of signing a bill to require menstrual products like tampons be available in boys bathrooms, which is not what the 2023 law says.
15% : His daughter, former GOP U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, also endorsed Harris.Harris, who is in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, preparing for her debate with Trump, said Saturday that both Republicans put their country over their party.
12% : Trump also enacted a ban on transgender people from serving in the U.S. military, a policy the Biden administration rescinded.
12% : "When Trump announced Vance as his running mate, the Human Rights Campaign and GLAAD, a national LGBTQ media advocacy group, raised concerns about past comments Vance made about LQBTQ people.
1% : "He's a wack job," Trump said of Walz.Trump also continued to perpetuate a false right-wing claim that children are obtaining surgeries at schools and changing their genders.

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