WATCH: Trump vows to prosecute people for aiding gender transitions on minors

Former US president Donald Trump said California “has recently passed depraved new so-called sanctuary laws for gender-confused children.” “Under this horrific new scheme, children from other states can now be taken to California where state law will override their parents’ rights and allow the children to have barbaric and irreversible sex change operations against the wishes of their parents from other states,” said Trump in a video. “It’s almost hard to believe I’m saying this to you.” .Since California is doing this, Trump said it is sick. He added California cannot take children away from parents and sterilize them. He pledged to stop California’s sanctuary laws for transgender children if re-elected. Upon his inauguration, he said he will “aggressively challenge these perverted California laws that strip parents of their rights and that encourage minors to be transported across state lines for sexual mutilation purposes.” People involved in these activities will be charged with a host of federal laws, including those about abduction, sex trafficking, child abuse and the depravation of civil rights. His administration will prosecute anyone who engages in these crimes. With these measures, he said he will protect the US’s youth, children, parental rights and the country. He acknowledged it is in trouble. Trump concluded by saying the US is a failing nation. He is not going to let it fail any longer. “We’re going to make America great again,” he said. Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said in March minors should be barred from having gender transitions because the changes are permanent. READ MORE: WATCH: Republican presidential candidate says minors should not change genders“It’s an epidemic, but we’re going further now as a country,” said Ramaswamy. “Where parents are taught the thing you’re supposed to do is affirm your kid’s gender confusion that the schools themselves created by going through surgery, by going through chemical intervention in the form of puberty blockers.”