Posted on 07/31/2017 3:54:22 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Chelsea Manning, a transgender activist and former Army intelligence analyst who was imprisoned for leaking hundreds of thousands of classified U.S. documents, showed up to the White House on Thursday morning to protest President Donald Trumps decision to ban transgender people from serving in the military.
Trump announced his decision to ban transgender service members on Wednesday via Twitter, spurring Manning to appear at the White House the following day to protest the policy change, the Washington Examiner reported.
Manning, a transgender woman who was formerly known as Bradley, posted a photo to Instagram in which she referred to the White House as the new ground zero of the war on trans people.
Trump made waves with his announcement on Twitter, in which he said that, after consultation with my generals and military experts, transgender individuals will not be allowed to serve in any capacity in the U.S. military.
The series of tweets drew immediate responses and criticism from reporters, celebrities, and lawmakers from both political parties.
The Department of Defense has indicated that it is not prepared to implement the policy change.
There will be no modifications to the current policy until the presidents direction has been received by the secretary of defense and the secretary has issued implementation guidance, wrote Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Manning initially responded to the presidents announcement by calling his decision cowardice.
Trump made waves with his announcement on Twitter, in which he said that, after consultation with my generals and military experts, transgender individuals will not be allowed to serve in any capacity in the U.S. military.
The series of tweets drew immediate responses and criticism from reporters, celebrities, and lawmakers from both political parties.
The Department of Defense has indicated that it is not prepared to implement the policy change.
There will be no modifications to the current policy until the presidents direction has been received by the secretary of defense and the secretary has issued implementation guidance, wrote Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Manning initially responded to the presidents announcement by calling his decision cowardice.
Please, no pictures...
This guy is the poster child justification for the military ban! Glad he showed up.
Uh, Bradley? You’re the reason. You.
At least he was not in uniform
These people are insane.
The insufferable chutzpah of "Chelsea" Manning defies credulity.
No matter what color lipstick Bradley puts on his lips he’s still a screwed up male with gender identity issues.
It’s courageous, actually, to ban trans queer folks. Continuing Obama’s disastrous policy would be the coward’s way out, Brad, you traitorous pos.
Well, I guess that validates the media propaganda about Tranyys serving honorably in the military
Well, at least his lip stick color matches his cap. Is that the uniform of the day?
"What a perfectly excellent example of the horrible consequences we might expect from putting sexually troubled people in uniform. "
I agree 100%.
This soldier did not serve honorably.
The military should check to see if there are any counts that good old Chelsea can still be tried for to put him back in Leavenworth
Chelsea is soooo hot with that Goth purple-black lipstick, dontcha think?
I saw it. Wow, not an attractive person. Even worse makeup style.
Still a dude. An ugly dude.
Chromosomes are chromosomes.
Go home, freak!
Do you know he’s actually still on active duty until his case is readjudicated?
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