--- title: Hillary Clinton Weighs In Against Trump Transgender Ban description: Hillary Clinton slammed Donald Trump's proposed ban on allowing transgenders to serve in the military — by sub-quoting a single tweet. canonical: https://time.com/4914291/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-military-transgender-ban/ author: Alana Abramson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-24T16:59:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T17:09:08.533Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton Slams Donald Trump's Transgender Military Ban og:description: With a one-word statement og:url: https://time.com/4914291/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-military-transgender-ban/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd16e8ae41b66eb75/6988dac57cdbac9c6fd59b4b/hillary-clinton-trump-debate-book-excerpt.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4776 og:image:height: 2687 og:image:alt: Candidates Hillary Clinton And Donald Trump Hold Second Presidential Debate At Washington University og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton Slams Donald Trump's Transgender Military Ban twitter:description: With a one-word statement twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd16e8ae41b66eb75/6988dac57cdbac9c6fd59b4b/hillary-clinton-trump-debate-book-excerpt.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary Clinton Slams Donald Trump's Transgender Military Ban > Sponsored content. 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Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) and then-Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump listen during the town hall debate at Washington University on Oct 9, 2016 in St Louis, Missouri. Saul Loeb—Pool/Getty Images  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Aug 24, 2017 4:59 PM UTC Hillary Clinton slammed Donald Trump’s proposed ban on allowing transgenders to serve in the military — with a one-word statement. VoteVets.org, a political organization [dedicated to advocating for military families and education,](http://www.votevets.org/about) tweeted a vehement opposition to the proposal on Thursday. “There’s NO reason for a transgender ban. Military isn’t asking for it. Americans don’t want it. This is about Trump embrace of hate. Period,” [the organization wrote on Twitter,](https://twitter.com/votevets/status/900532942841167872) linking to a poll it conducted that showed voters largely rejected the policy. “Correct,” Clinton wrote in response. > [](https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/900736572714352641) Although VoteVets describes itself on its website as a non-partisan organization, its Twitter biography notes that Donald Trump has blocked the group on the platform. The pair of tweets come after [the _Wall Street Journal_ reported](https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/white-house-sets-rules-for-military-transgender-ban-1503534757?mg=prod/accounts-wsj) that the White House will soon issue guidance to the Pentagon on implementing a transgender military ban. Trump announced he would enact such a ban on Twitter last month, reversing a policy decision made under the Obama administration. Clinton’s tweet Thursday appears to be her only social media post about the ban since Trump announced it. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4914291/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-military-transgender-ban/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4914291/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-military-transgender-ban/"},"headline":"Hillary Clinton Slams Donald Trump's Transgender Military Ban","datePublished":"2017-08-24T16:59:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T17:09:08.533Z","description":"With a one-word statement","url":"https://time.com/4914291/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-military-transgender-ban/","keywords":["hillary clinton","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd16e8ae41b66eb75/6988dac57cdbac9c6fd59b4b/hillary-clinton-trump-debate-book-excerpt.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alana Abramson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd16e8ae41b66eb75/6988dac57cdbac9c6fd59b4b/hillary-clinton-trump-debate-book-excerpt.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Candidates Hillary Clinton And Donald Trump Hold Second Presidential Debate At Washington University","caption":"Candidates Hillary Clinton And Donald Trump Hold Second Presidential Debate At Washington University","creditText":"Saul Loeb—Pool/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/hillary-clinton-2/","name":"hillary clinton"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4914291/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-military-transgender-ban/","name":"Hillary Clinton Slams Donald Trump's Transgender Military Ban"}}]}] ```