Billy Eichner Calls Trump an 'Evil Piece of S***' Among Administration Move to Define 'Gender'

Comedian Billy Eichner isn't thrilled with the Trump administration or its latest moves to define gender. Eichner ranted about President Donald Trump's viewpoints, calling him "evil" in a conversation with TMZ Sunday.

"Everyone needs to vote for Democrats," he told reporters. A question was posed about Eichner's reaction to the Trump administration's redefinition of gender. "He's not redefining s***. You can't redefine it. It's a fact of life. He's a f****** piece of s*** a******. Evil piece of s***. The whole administration is awful. Everyone needs to vote."

When asked if he sees a "blue wave" of Democrats taking over the House, Eichner didn't seem to have a heavy opinion. "A blue wave should happen. If enough people vote, there will be a blue wave.

The latest Trump administration goal seems to be to rewrite the definition of gender, eliminating the definition of transgender. According to the administration's definition, gender is based "on a biological basis that is clear, grounded in science, objective and administrable." This concept, being spearheaded by the Department of Health and Human Services, would define gender by the biological parts a human is born with and refuse to allow that born gender to change, according to The New York Times on Sunday.

The Times acquired a memo written by the department, which disclosed the concept. "Sex means a person's status as male or female based on immutable biological traits identifiable by or before birth," the department wrote in the memo last spring. "The sex listed on a person's birth certificate, as originally issued, shall constitute definitive proof of a person's sex unless rebutted by reliable genetic evidence."

Eichner has been vocally opposed to Trump and his supporters in the past. He often speaks publicly about it on his Twitter account. In July, Eichner shared a video of Trump supporters who expressed why they're dedicated to the decisions of the current president. The group spoke of the press conference in Russian, where Trump seemed to side with Russia about the country's possible interference with the 2016 election. Trump later clarified he misspoke and meant to stand against them.

This is like a scene from Wild Wild Country. These people have joined a cult. Trump is their David Koresh, Jim Jones, their Bin Laden. They’d follow him into a burning building screaming about the swamp. But they’re not naive. They’re willfully ignorant, deeply unhappy & racist. https://t.co/dqjkL30k08

— billy eichner (@billyeichner) July 18, 2018

Those in the video said they would not change their views on Trump because of a "one-hour press conference."

"This is like a scene from 'Wild Wild Country.' These people have joined a cult. Trump is their David Koresh, Jim Jones, their Bin Laden," Eichner tweeted. "They'd follow him into a burning building screaming about the swamp. But they're not naive. They're willfully ignorant, deeply unhappy and racist."

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