Rosendale introduces laws to defund drag reveals at army installations

Rep. Matt Rosendale has launched laws prohibiting the Department of Defense from utilizing taxpayer funds to host or assist grownup cabaret performances.
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Mr. Rosendale, Montana Republican, authored the invoice after the Defense Department hosted a number of drag reveals at army installations nationwide.

“Anything that does not help our troops be the most effective fighting force on earth is a distraction and a waste of resources,” Mr. Rosendale mentioned in a press release Monday. “Drag performances on our military bases are another example of the Biden administration promoting woke, leftist propaganda while neglecting their duty to protect the American people – which is why I’m proud to introduce this legislation.”

In June 2021, Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls, Montana, hosted a ‘Drag Queen Story Hour’ for kids. The base is in Mr. Roendale’s district.

 Other drag performances had been held at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada and on the USS Ronald Reagan. Shows at Nellis and Ramstein Air Base in Germany scheduled for this month as a part of Pride month had been canceled, protection officers confirmed to army.com. 

According to Mr. Rosendale’s workplace, he despatched letters to management on the Department of Defense on March 31, April 25, and May 8 requesting data on why reveals had been allowed to occur and if any taxpayer cash funds them.

Other GOP lawmakers additionally started questioning senior officers on the Defense Department concerning the drag reveals and by June 1, the Department of Defense introduced it might implement their longstanding coverage of not permitting drag reveals on U.S. army installations.

Although Mr. Rosendale was glad by this consequence, in accordance with his workplace, he launched the laws as a result of he didn’t belief the Biden administration to implement such a coverage when it depends on selling “woke policies.” 

Republicans had been incensed final month when it grew to become identified that the Navy introduced on an active-duty drag queen to assist the service enhance its poor recruiting numbers.

Yeoman 2nd Class Joshua Kelley, who glided by the stage identify Harpy Daniels, introduced the Navy invited him to be the primary “Navy Digital Ambassador” in a November 2022 social media submit, emphasizing how he went from being on deck in 2018 to being a “leader” and “advocate” of people that “were oppressed for years in the service.”

Transgender people within the army grew to become a nationwide subject when former President Trump banned servicemembers with gender dysphoria, who had been taking hormones or had gone via a gender reassignment surgical procedure, from serving.