Here is the brave new world.... 
Posted on 07/27/2017 12:33:38 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
A resistance is forming in Congress.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) is working on legislation to block President Trump’s proposed ban on transgender people serving in the military, part of an effort to move fellow lawmakers from bashing the controversial White House announcement to actually trying to find concrete ways of reversing it.
“Our office is working on legislation to stop this from happening and on an amendment to the NDAA, but these are all long-term fixes,” Moran Banai, a senior adviser in the senator’s office, said in an email, referencing the large defense budget bill known as the National Defense Authorization Act. The email was obtained by Vox.
In the short term, Gillibrand is trying to get other senators to sign on to a letter asking Defense Secretary James Mattis to “advise the President against” choosing to put a trans military ban in place.
It also calls on Mattis not to kick any trans service member out of the armed forces until the Pentagon completes an ongoing internal assessment of what allowing transgender individuals to enlist in the armed services would do to the military’s readiness to fight and lethality when in the fight.
“Forcing these brave Americans out of our military would be cruel and discriminatory. It would harm our readiness by denying the military of these service members’ capabilities and requiring the military to replace them at a time when the recruiting pool for the services continues to shrink,” the draft reads
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) is also working on legislation to block the ban, the Washington Post reports. Yesterday, Booker told me there were “lots of discussions” happening among his colleagues about how to do it.
And Democrats aren’t alone in their opposition. Many Republicans in Congress, including Sens. John McCain and Orrin Hatch, are opposed to the ban. “There should be no discrimination,” Hatch told me today.
McCain, for his part, has said “any American who meets current medical and readiness standards should be allowed to continue serving.” Despite his opposition, it’s still unclear if McCain, who chairs the Armed Services Committee, will allow for an amendment that aims to block a ban on trans service members to get into the NDAA.
For now, Trump’s tweets are the administration’s only actual move to ban transgender troops. In a message to top military officers, Gen. Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the current policy — which allows trans troops to serve openly — won’t change unless and until the Pentagon gets actual orders from Trump.
“There will be no modifications to the current policy until the president's direction has been received by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary has issued,” he wrote.
Gillibrand and her allies aren’t waiting for those orders to come.
There is nothing they can do about this.
Yes, and yes.
Here is the brave new world....
Sadly probably more prophetic than you think. There is a whole generation coming up that seems to have no bridge too far on this type of stuff. I keep asking and I haven’t found one yet that they are willing to say enough already.
Just how many taxpayer funded transition surgeries do they have as a goal? Have that press conference, Kirsten. Bring your accountant.
A lot of time here is spent worrying about Trump’s inability to handle his opposition, but this latest move shows the man’s genius.
The Democrats just released their ridiculous “Better” campaign which attempts to portray them as being on the side of working middle Americans, and Trump has forced them to immediately come out in favor of Lady-Boi’s serving in the armed forces.
Yeah, the Democrat party sure understands the values and goals of the average American.
Sorry you can’t ban Trump from banning obama from not banning transgenders. That such to confuse the eff out of her...
Obama did none of these things before pulling the transgender rabbit out of a hat and saying he would force the generals to have these mentally ill weirdos in their ranks. So now it’s Pres Trump’s turn to rescind an action which 78% of Americans consider a mistake.
These Democrats understand NOTHING about how our Constitutional republic works. 1. Trump is COMMANDER IN CHIEF. 2. If they pass a bill forcing mentally-ill crossdressers on the military, TRUMP has to sign it for it to become law. Congress is NOT a power unto itself.
Crossdressing is now the number one issue for Democrats in Congress. I would think we have much bigger and more important issues......
It seems so. It’s their “Better Deal” now.
Why do we get all wrapped around the axle on this gender thing and bathrooms to use? While Iran & NK build nuclear weapons, or immigration system is broken and people flood in, need I go on
Shouldn't, as a bare minimum, members of Congress understand the Constitutional separation of powers, especially ex-military like McCain?
How many people does this affect? Maybe 50?
They probably get harassed so much they end up quitting anyway.
Don’t worry , there are lots of Clinton/Obama judges who are just chomping at the bits to appoint themselves ‘Commander In Chief’ of our military.
FOOLPROOF GENDER IDENTITY and LAVATORY QUALIFICATION TEST!
Designed for those unfortunate individuals still confused as to their gender,
this simple test will assist with that vital, possibly life-changing decision.
Can be performed at home in any climate.
THE TEST!
If there were snow on the ground and you stepped outside,
COULD YOU WRITE YOUR NAME IN THE SNOW?
If you are capable of performing this intricate feat, UNIQUE TO MALES, or even come close,
PLEASE USE PUBLIC FACILITIES LABELED “MEN”.
If, however, you cannot even attempt this remarkable feat, and normally SIT or SQUAT while urinating, PLEASE USE THE FACILITIES DESIGNATED “LADIES” or “WOMEN”.
THANK YOU!
(This message provided by the millions of American citizens who are FED UP with insane distractions of this sort by renegade and out-of-control, bureaucrats, leftists and courts, the obvious goal of which is the total and absolute destruction of any remaining common sense standards en-route to a totalitarian command tyranny.)
This “problem” may even extend to the animal kingdom.
When deer hunting season opens, I have a question. If I bag a buck, but I only have a doe tag, can I claim that the buck wasn’t really a buck?
I mean … maybe he’d always wanted to be a doe, but with no choice of his own he was born with the physical attributes of a male.
And yet … on the inside he’d always known he was truly a female.
I’m just wondering if the game warden will buy it, because society and the Supreme Court does.
“If they pass a bill forcing mentally-ill crossdressers on the military, TRUMP has to sign it for it to become law. Congress is NOT a power unto itself.”
Unless Trump vetoes it and they override his veto (2/3rd majority). Fat chance getting that majority and bigger fat chance that those voting to override will defend their vote come election time.
We need to get wrapped around this gender confusion/gender identity/transsexual bathrooms, etc. because the liberals are pushing these issues.
If the liberals would decide that there are limits to how far to push us to upend society, to conform to the whims of increasingly bizarre people and their behaviors, then this wouldn’t even be an issue. It would just be common sense, that certain people are out there with severe issues, and common sense would tell us such people don’t belong in the military.
If we didn’t have one of our major political parties pushing this stuff, we wouldn’t need to get involved with it.
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