Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) spoke out on Wednesday after President Trump said he would ban transgender people from any military service.

"No American, no matter their sexual orientation or gender identity, should be prohibited from honor + privilege of serving our nation # LGBT," Ros-Lehtinen, who has a transgender child, tweeted.

No American, no matter their sexual orientation or gender identity, should be prohibited from honor + privilege of serving our nation #LGBT — Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (@RosLehtinen) July 26, 2017

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Ros-Lehtinen has spoken out in the past for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality.

Trump's Wednesday announcement marks a major shift in military policy. He tweeted that he made the decision after consulting with "my Generals and military experts."

"Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail," Trump tweeted.

The Obama administration last year lifted the ban on allowing transgender troops to serve openly.

During the 2016 presidential race, Trump called himself a "real friend" of the LGBT community in the wake of the Orlando, Fla., nightclub shooting.