WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Chuck Schumer issued the following press release:
Today, Senator Charles Schumer stood with local leaders following the Trump administration's outrageous directive to remove the Pride flag (https://www.nydailynews.com/2026/02/10/lgbtq-pride-flag-removed-from-nyc-stonewall-national-monument-over-trump-admin-directive/) from the Stonewall National Monument. He said the removal of the Pride flag from Stonewall National Monument, the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement, is a deeply outrageous action that must be reversed. In the wake of the Trump administration's attempt to rewrite history, stoke division and discrimination, and erase LGBTQ+ community pride, Schumer moved to permanently protect the Pride...