Article originally appeared on thehill.com.
President Biden is calling legislation targeting transgender people in Florida “close to sinful.”
“It’s just terrible what they’re doing,” in the Sunshine State, Biden said on Monday in a preview clip from “The Daily Show.” Biden sat down for an “in-depth” interview at the White House with guest host Kal Penn, the Comedy Central show announced.
The “Harold & Kumar go to White Castle” actor — who made the jump from Hollywood to politics as the White House’s associate director of public engagement under former President Obama — asked Biden about his “evolution” on marriage equality and what the federal government can do “to protect LGBTQ Americans, especially trans kids who are dealing with all these regressive state laws right now.”
“I can remember exactly when my epiphany was,” the president replied.
Biden, 80, recalled being a senior in high school being dropped off by his father …
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