{"id":144535,"date":"2023-07-15T10:57:08","date_gmt":"2023-07-15T14:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=144535"},"modified":"2023-07-15T10:57:08","modified_gmt":"2023-07-15T14:57:08","slug":"republicans-fight-woke-initiatives-through-defense-bill-accused-of-living-in-the-1950s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=144535","title":{"rendered":"Republicans fight woke initiatives through Defense bill; accused of ‘living in the 1950s’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Republicans pass a defense bill in the House that will not pass muster with either the Senate or with Joe Biden. The bill attempts to roll back woke initiatives that the left has successfully incorporated into the military. One Republican wanted to ban CRT from being taught in the military. Another argued that we should focus on making the military more lethal. However, one of the Democrats dismissed this initiative as the Republicans “living in the 1950s.”<\/p>\n

From Fox News:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

There wasn’t a lot of debate about missiles and troops in this year’s defense bill. But once the amendments hit, it was all about abortion, transgender surgeries and diversity initiatives.<\/p>\n

“We’re voting to get rid of this left-wing, socialistic, woke agenda,” declared Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga., on the floor. “Now we can get back to protecting the citizens of this country.”<\/p>\n

Conservatives aimed to prohibit service members from using the military’s health plan to pay for transgender treatments. There was an effort to restrict books with “radical gender ideology” in military libraries. Burchett authored an amendment to require those who identify as men to register for the draft.<\/p>\n

“If these folks want to be treated like man, they need to act like men,” said Burchett.<\/p>\n

That said, Burchett’s plan never received formal consideration on the floor.<\/p>\n

But no other issue loomed as large as a conservative effort to slash reimbursements for troops or those under the military health care system umbrella to seek abortions across state lines.<\/p>\n

“It feels like House Republicans want to live in the 1950s,” said House Democratic Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar, D-Calif.<\/p>\n

There was worry the military culture clash could crash the entire defense bill. Some Republicans fretted that the conservative social policy issues went too far.<\/p>\n

“We were told we’re not going to mess with women traveling out of state. What we are we doing this week? NDAA? Potentially messing with women who are traveling out of state,” said Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C. “We have a chance to show compassion to women this week. And I really just hope we don’t screw it up. I hope we don’t drop the ball.”<\/p>\n

Yet despite Mace’s consternation about the abortion plan, she seemingly reversed course to support the very abortion amendment in question.<\/p>\n

“Research told me today, and looking at the amendment and the legislation, it didn’t have to do with the women getting time off after they’ve had the procedure. The military doesn’t reimburse travel for elective procedures as a general policy rule,” said Mace.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fox News has additional details here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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