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<p>WASHINGTON (AP) &#8212; More than a month after performing at President Donald Trump&#8217;s inauguration, singer Jackie Evancho says she and her transgender sister want to meet with him about transgender rights.</p><p>The 16-year-old made the request in a tweet Wednesday night. Evancho appeared alongside her sister, Juliet, on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;Good Morning America&#8221; on Thursday. Juliet Evancho says they hope to &#8220;enlighten&#8221; the president.</p><p>The tweet followed the Trump administration&#8217;s move Wednesday to end federal protection for transgender students that allowed them to use public school bathrooms and locker rooms matching their gender identities.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"></p><p dir="ltr">. <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump">@realDonaldTrump</a> u gave me the honor 2 sing at your inauguration. Pls give me &amp; my sis the honor 2 meet with u 2 talk <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/transgender?src=hash">#transgender</a> rghts &#10084;&#8212; jackie evancho (@jackieevancho) <a href="https://twitter.com/jackieevancho/status/834556080378220545">February 23, 2017</a></p><p></blockquote><script charset="utf-8" type="mce-text/javascript" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" async=""></script></p><p>The former &#8220;America&#8217;s Got Talent&#8221; contestant sang the national anthem at Trump&#8217;s Jan. 20 inaugural and tells &#8216;GMA&#8217; that she would do so again. She says she sang not because of politics, but for &#8220;the honor and privilege&#8221; of performing for her country.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2017, file photo, Vice President Mike Pence and President Donald Trump listen to the singing of the national anthem by Jackie Evancho during the 58th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Evancho asked Trump in a tweet on Feb. 22, 2017,  to meet with her and her transgender sister on transgender rights. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)</div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/web1_AP17054462008533.jpg</photo0><caption0>FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2017, file photo, Vice President Mike Pence and President Donald Trump listen to the singing of the national anthem by Jackie Evancho during the 58th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Evancho asked Trump in a tweet on Feb. 22, 2017,  to meet with her and her transgender sister on transgender rights. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)</caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div></div>
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Jackie Evancho, her sister ask to talk to Trump about transgender rights