Senator John Fetterman called on President Donald Trump until the dismissal of his executive order, who paves the path of ban on transgender soldiers, saying that permission to serve them is not “awakened s …”.
Trump signed an executive order on Monday evening, directing the secretary of defense Pete HegeSth to revise the Pentagon policy towards transgender soldiers, probably starting in the future ban on their military service. The order says that identification as a transgender “is not in line with the humility and selflessness required from a service member.”
Trump largely banned the transgender persons in the army during the first term, and the ban on this prohibition Former president Joe Biden fell over in 2021
Fetterman, a democrat from Pennsylvania, showed a desire to cooperate with the Trump administration on other issues, but drew a poem of LGBTQ laws.
“I am going to defend and rely on the trance community now, because now it may not be popular,” he said.
IN Video published to xFetterman stood with both POW/MIA and LGBTQ flags and called the president to “permission and honor the inseparable dignity of a soldier,” regardless of breed, sex, sexual orientation or sexual identity.
“Remember that this is a fully compatible army, which is fully consistent with being deadly and winning wars,” he added.
Fetterman called viewers to remember other battles for civil rights for decades, for example, when racial desegregation, openness to sexual orientation and permission to women in battle were controversial in the army.
Although these times do not seem too far because HegSeth clearly stated that women should not serve in battle Before softening his position during the nomination procedure for his role. The ban on women in combat positions was abolished In January 2016 During the administration of President Barack Obama.
He wrote before his current role in his book War with warriors That “transgender people should never serve.”
Fetterman also emphasized in the post on X that he wants the Department of Defense to “be the most deadly force in human history”, but that “he will never vote for anyone.”
“This is not awake …” – said Fetterman. “This is the inseparable dignity of every member of the service, regardless of the breed, sex, whom they love or how they identify.”
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The fresh order will only affect a miniature fraction of 2.1 million service members in America, but took great importance to Trump and its administration, who perceive transgender forces as a sign that the army is “awake” – slang term aimed at signaling the awareness of social justice, which conservatives transformed into a deceitful word – or does not focus on training and winning wars.
The order was immediately condemned by a number of activists as extremely glaring and ultimately harmful to military readiness. They say that transgender people have been successfully serving for years, including opening over the past decade.
Six transgender people of energetic service members and two former members of the service who are looking for a re -list of sophisticated The first process questioning order On Tuesday.
This article contains information from the Associated Press.
