Elizabeth Warren gave a round of applause to a 9-year-old transgender child who was introduced to her at a CNN presidential candidate forum about gay and transgender issues.
“My name’s Jacob, and I’m a 9-year-old transgender American,” the child said.
“All right, Jacob!” Warren said, applauding.
Jacob asked what the Massachusetts senator would do in her first week as president to ensure transgender children “feel safer in schools,” and what she thinks schools should do to make sure that Jacob would not have to “worry about anything but my homework.”
“Let me start by saying I want to have a secretary of education that who both believes in public education and believes in the value of every one of our kids and is willing to enforce our civil rights laws,” Warren said. “We’ve had some secretaries of education who’ve been better, and we’ve had one that’s been a whole lot worse. Her name is Betsy DeVos. So, when I’m president, she’ll be gone.”
Warren indicated that she wants Jacob to help her vet her pick for secretary of education.
“I want to make sure that the person I think is the right secretary of education meets you and and hears your story, and then I want you to tell me if you think that’s the right person and then we’ll make the deal,” Warren said.
Jacob gave a thumbs-up in agreement.
