WASHINGTON — Lawmakers declined to say how many races there were when confronted just days later President Donald Trump He declared that there were only two “immutable” sexes: male and female.
Former President Joe Biden refrained from defining gender as strictly binary and issued guidance supporting recognition of individual gender identity in federal documents. This included allowing Americans to select “X” as the gender option on their passports, along with male and female. in contrast, Trump orderedDeclaring that there are only two sexes would reflect efforts to allow the use of a sex other than the sex assigned at birth in documents such as driver's licenses.
In the wake of Trump's order, Fox News Digital polled lawmakers on Capitol Hill about the number of races recognized, but most members of Congress declined to answer the question.
“I have one meeting to go to, that's all I'm worried about right now,” Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, told Fox when asked about the gender count.
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Rep. Greg Cassar, D-Texas, did not say how many races there were when asked by Fox News Digital. (Fox News Digital)
Another Democrat, Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, told Fox that there are “two types” of genders but “people are often not sure what those are.”
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“These people are ridiculous,” Democratic Rep. Greg Cassar of Texas said as he left.
Rep. Maxwell Frost, Democrat of Florida, arrives for the House Democratic Caucus meeting.
Other lawmakers who did not say how many races there were include Rep. Maxwell Frost, Democrat of Florida, and Rep. Pete Steuber, Republican of Minnesota.
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Trump takes aim In many of Biden's federal orders related to gender identity, such as disempowering all eligible Americans to serve their country with the uniformed system, which allowed transgender people to serve in the military.
Fox News' Morgan Phillips contributed to this report.
