Atlantic contributor Jemele Hill compared with Martin Luther King Jr. during a heated discussion of trans people serving in the military this week.
This is Supreme Court On Tuesday, the Trump administration sued the lower order that suspended the Pentagon's trans military ban to take effect.
Trump officials argue that trans military policy “furthers the government’s important interests in military preparation, unit cohesion, good order and discipline, and avoids disproportionate costs.”
On Tuesday, a roundtable and debate was held on the decision.
Heggs said he is signing a memorandum of standards for combat weapons for men and women
CNN's "News Night" discusses trans rights on May 6, 2025. (CNN)
When Democratic strategist Julie Roginsky said, "If the president wakes up tomorrow and says, 'What if I don't want any black people in the military?'
The conservative guest in the group was interrupted to say that the idea was "absurd".
Host Abby Phillip asked conservative CNN commentator Scott Jennings if there is a difference between banning black and Latinos in the military and banning trans people.
Jennings turned around and said, "Are you really going to follow this ridiculous path? ... It's a ridiculous argument."
Republican strategist Shermichael Singleton also said on a hypothetical question: "I personally think there is a difference, and I just keep it."
Jennings continued to refuse to say there is a comparison between the two.
Scott Jennings and Jemele Hill performed on May 6, 2025 on "CNN Newsight vs. Abby Phillip vs. Abby Phillip". (CNN)
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Hill got caught up in a conversation, expanding the comparison between race and transgender people.
"Today is the bathroom, tomorrow is the movement, today is the army," she said.
Jennings quickly replied: "By the way, today is also sports... 80% of Americans agree."
"Most are sometimes wrong," Hill said. "Most people used to believe Dr. MLK Jr. was a threat, not a good American. Most people have ever opposed civil rights. Are they right?
Hill continued, “For one group…that line is handed over to everyone else.”
Hill clarified that she did not say “Trump is coming to black people tomorrow.” She said the Trump administration is using “code words that have already been on black people in the military.”
“Suddenly, when you don’t protect the most vulnerable people, you get worse, and it’s all worse for everyone in the marginalized community,” she said.
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U.S. President Donald Trump smiles at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on April 14, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Hill told Jennings: “Don’t you think trans people are vulnerable in this country?”
Jennings replied: “Your position is that the Commander-in-Chief should recruit people you are described as vulnerable to lethal combat power?”
Hill replied: “No, he should recruit people who want to serve and protect the country, which is really ironic that, given that he avoided the draft, he suddenly had an opinion on who could serve.”
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