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As a part of fighting the case An attempt is being made to force the White House to bring back sign language interpreters. At the press conference, the Justice Department has argued that such a move would harm Trump’s powers over how he presents his “image” to the public.
1st June filedAdministration warned This lawsuit is on behalf of the National Association of the Deaf This would “severely interfere with the President’s prerogative to control the image he presents to the public” and force him to “share his platform” with an ASL interpreter.
talking to politico This week, Brittany Schrader, director of legal services at the National Association of the Deaf Law and Advocacy Center, said she did not want to speculate about “image” arguments, but said the administration’s failure to routinely include interpreters at Trump and Press Secretary Carolyn Levitt’s briefings is a violation in itself. disability law,
“Disability laws do not require a showing of hostility or ill will toward people with disabilities to prove discrimination,” he said. “The laws require that white House Provide access and failure to provide that access is itself discrimination.”
In November, a federal judge largely supported this position, Trump administration ordered to bring back interpreters at White House briefingsHe rejects the “disturbing” and “coded language” about his desire to present his ‘message and image in a particular way’, which has been a regular feature of the Biden administration.
The White House, which insists it is in compliance with the order, has nevertheless appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
The administration argues, in addition to its image concerns, that the White House make information available in a variety of accessible formats such as transcripts and closed captioning on video, and that additional requirements would interfere with the President’s ability to provide real-time information to the public.
Deaf advocates previously sued the Trump administration over the lack of interpreters at briefings regarding the COVID pandemic.
According to critics, the Trump administration’s record on disability issues has been checkered.
This fall, the President and his Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. promoted the scientifically unfounded claim that mothers taking Tylenol during pregnancy caused autism, which many health organizations say is unfounded. disagreed with and called it dangerous,
Kennedy is also a longtime vaccine skeptic who promoted the discredited claim that vaccines cause autism.
Elsewhere, the Trump administration’s changing priorities And Funding cut in education department According to advocates, this has hindered its long-standing role in protecting students with special needs in schools.
During his 2016 presidential campaign, Trump was roundly criticized for his appearance. Making fun of a journalist’s physical disability on stage At one event, however, he insisted that he was unaware of what the man looked like.