Sen. Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersJacobin editor: Primarying Schumer would force him to fight Trump's SCOTUS nominee Trump campaign plays up Biden's skills ahead of Cleveland debate: 'He's actually quite good' Young voters backing Biden by 2:1 margin: poll MORE (I-Vt.) said in a tweet Wednesday that President Trump is "on the wrong side of history" after his announcement that transgender individuals would not be accepted into the military.

Trump's transgender ban announcement comes 69 years to the day after President Truman ordered the racial integration of the U.S. Armed Forces, which Sanders highlighted in his message:

Mr. Trump, you are on the wrong side of history. Discrimination has no place in our military or society. We must stand with trans people. pic.twitter.com/pG0i5BxtT3 — Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) July 26, 2017

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) also bashed Trump for the move, citing the anniversary of Truman's decision. “69 years ago, President Truman desegregated the US Military," she tweeted. "This morning, @POTUS turned anti-#trans prejudice into policy."

“But instead of honoring their patriotism, @POTUS has decided to attack their dignity and the very value of their service," she said.