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In a powerful show of support during Transgender Day of Visibility, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark from Massachusetts rallied with the Christopher Street Project and advocates at the National Mall. As a congress member and mother of a transgender daughter, Clark fiercely criticized Republican measures targeting trans Americans and the broader LGBTQ+ community.

Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA), the House minority whip, called out Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) after he accidentally admitted Republicans want to "cut Medicare."

During a Tuesday interview on CNBC, Cassidy was asked how Republicans would pay for the trillions of dollars in tax cuts that President Donald Trump has demanded.

"If you add all that up, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget said that that would cut revenue by somewhere between five and $11.2 trillion over the next 10 years," the CNBC host told the GOP senator.

Before any visible signs of political protest or activism appeared in “America’s Front Yard,” the sounds of cheers, applause, and the faint melody of Madonna’s Vogue echoed through the air, audible from blocks away. As the Capitol came into view and the crowd neared 3rd Street, small groups of people adorned in bright pink, blue, and white gathered along the pebble-covered pathways and the soft, lush grass of the National Mall. The sun peeked in and out of the clouds as the Transgender Day of Visibility Rally began.