Let's Calm Down About Pages "Disappearing" From The White House Website

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WASHINGTON — As President Trump's administration began, the White House website was turned over from former President Obama's team to the Trump team.

Understandably, the Trump White House started anew — with a barebones site that includes just six short “issues” sections.

Via whitehouse.gov

The whole site is basically empty — less than four hours into Trump's presidency. In the news section, for example, there is only one entry.

Via whitehouse.gov

Nonetheless, news organizations and advocacy groups pressed the argument that, as the Washington Post put it, “LGBT rights page disappears from White House web site.” The Human Rights Campaign — an LGBT advocacy group — followed up with a news release, “Trump Administration Removes All Mentions of LGBTQ People or Rights from The White House Website.”

LGBT mentions, though, aren't alone. Everything is gone — because it's a brand new site.

As Ohio State law professor Chris Walker pointed out, even the Office of Management and Budget website — within the White House — had been “removed” as of Friday afternoon.

Via whitehouse.gov

While it's not clear — in any sense — what will happen with LGBT rights under the Trump administration, this does not appear a sign of anything beyond the fact that the new president has a new website.

For good measure, Obama's LGBT page is still available at the now-archived Obama White House site.

Via obamawhitehouse.archives.gov

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