White House Pride Month tweet about ‘our kids’ sparks backlash

The White House and President Biden are facing criticism over a Pride Month tweet about LGBTQ children in which the commander in chief declared, “These are our kids.” 

Posted by the official White House Twitter account on Monday, the video narrated by the 80-year-old president shows the Executive Mansion illuminated in rainbow colors symbolizing the LGBTQ movement.

“These are our kids. These are our neighbors. Not somebody else’s kids; they’re all our kids. And our children are the kite strings that hold our national ambitions aloft,” Biden says in the video. 

“It matters a great deal how we treat everyone in this country. LGBTQ Americans, especially children, you are loved, you are heard, and this administration has your back,” the president declares.

“To the LGBTQI+ Community — the Biden-Harris Administration has your back,” the White House tweeted with the video.

A flood of social media users, including Twitter owner Elon Musk, reacted to the post with outrage.  

“You are the government. They are NOT your kids,” Musk, a father of 10, said in a reply to the White House post.

“Our kids are not fodder for the government,” the billionaire Tesla and SpaceX CEO added in a separate post. 

Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ 2024 presidential campaign also took issue with the Biden administration’s verbiage. 

“They are not your kids,” the DeSantis campaign wrote on Twitter.

Polling company Rasmussen Reports noted in a Twitter post that a May 18 survey of likely voters in California found that 64% disagree with the statement “There is no such thing as someone else’s child. Our nation’s children are all our children.” 

“America disagrees with you,” the polling outfit’s tweet read, highlighting that even 58% of Democrats disagreed with the notion that children in the US belong to everyone.  

A Twitter account managed by the Republican National Committee also weighed in, tweeting, “The idea that kids are ‘not somebody else’s kids, they’re all our kids’ is now one of the Biden administration’s main messages. Kids belong to their parents — NOT the government.”

The backlash over the Biden administration post comes one day after the White House banned a polyamorous trans influencer Rose Montoya after she flashed her breasts at Biden’s Pride party. 

Footage of Montoya, 27, pulling her shirt and cupping her breasts moments after meeting Biden on the South Lawn Saturday went viral and forced the White House to rebuke her actions.

“This behavior is inappropriate and disrespectful for any event at the White House,” a spokesperson told The Post.

“It is not reflective of the event we hosted to celebrate LGBTQI+ families or the other hundreds of guests who were in attendance. Individuals in the video will not be invited to future events.”