Rep. Sarah McBride (D-Del.), the first openly transgender person elected to Congress, on Friday condemned recent executive orders issued by President Trump that target transgender rights and accused the administration of using transgender Americans to further a political agenda.

Trump, since he first took office on Jan. 20, has signed a bevy of executive orders to roll back transgender rights and certain federal nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ people. An order issued during his first hours in office declared the government recognizes only two sexes, male and female, and broadly prevents federal dollars from being spent on what Trump and his administration call “gender ideology.”

Federal prison officials, in compliance with the order, had attempted to move an incarcerated transgender woman to a men’s facility and deny her access to gender-affirming care before

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