During an appearance onstage Monday, Swift called for passage of the Equality Act, which would provide legal protections for LGBTQ people against discrimination at work, home, school, and other public accommodations.
Cydney HendersonThe White House has responded to Taylor Swift after the singer called out the Trump administration during Monday's MTV Video Music Awards.
"The Trump Administration absolutely opposes discrimination of any kind and supports the equal treatment of all; however, the House-passed bill in its current form is filled with poison pills that threaten to undermine parental and conscience rights," White House spokesman Judd Deere said in a statement to USA TODAY.
"So you voting for this video means that you want a world where we're all treated equally under the law, regardless of who we love, regardless of how we identify," she said, while flanked by a crew of colorfully clad associates.Taylor Swift calls out Trump, John Travolta has awkward mix-up and more moments you missed
Since its release in June," now has half a million signatures, which is five times the amount needed to warrant a response from the White House," Swift said, pretending to tap a watch on her wrist and shrugging at the camera.
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