Rahm Emanuel

Two hours of questions.

I was in Waterbury, Mississippi.

Standing room only.

About an hour and a half.

So I've taken about 40 questions.

Nobody has ever asked me a single question about bathroom, locker room, or sports.

Every time I get within 202 area code, it's the second or third question.

So that's number one.

It's not a priority, and American people actually feel in their bones what's missing in education.

Now, I'm a mayor.

In 2016, a full decade ago, I passed an ordinance on bathroom access, but it never allowed it to distract me from high school graduation rates, reading scores, and math scores.

I was the ambassador, led one of the largest embassies in the United States across the world.

We were a very welcoming community, inclusive, but I never allowed it to be a digression from our mission of serving the U.S.-Japan alliance and building it stronger and better for the 21st century.

Never.

Now, did I go from acceptance to advocacy?

No.

That wasn't the job.

That wasn't the mission.

You accept trans people.

More than accept.