Posted on 01/28/2018 4:04:26 PM PST by Simon Green
Rep. Joseph Kennedy (D-Mass.) has invited a transgender soldier to President Trump’s first State of the Union in protest of the administration's attempt to ban transgender people from the military.
Staff Sgt. Patricia King will be the lawmaker's guest to Trump’s address, according to The Boston Globe.
King told the Globe that she realized she was a transgender woman while serving in the military, and soon came out to her family.
Trump announced last year that he was banning transgender people from serving in the U.S. military. However, courts have halted the ban and transgender people were allowed to enlist starting Jan. 1.
“I have served for almost 19 years,” King told the Globe. “And all of a sudden, it is all hanging in the balance.”
King also told the publication that she was the first service member to have her gender reassignment surgery paid for by the military.
“There are much easier ways to get surgery covered than enlisting in the military, [facing] the possibility of deployment, and dealing with the stigma of being a transgender service member,” she said. “Every one of us who raises our right hand is prepared to give everything in the defense of our country.”
Kennedy, a rising star in the Democratic Party who will deliver the party's response to Trump’s address, told the paper that he invited King to remind the president of transgender service members' dedication to the U.S.
“I want her to be there as a real person, and the face of an inhumane policy,” Kennedy said.
Trump will deliver his first State of the Union on Tuesday night.
Does anyone other than people on the far left really worry about transgender “rights?”
Which Democrat will bring Lindsey Graham as his date to the Tranny Ball?
Democrat Thug Party exploiting mental illness.
Which appeals to maybe 10% of Americans, if not less.
Maybe Trump should respond by posting a big sign “Remember Mary Jo”.
UH...I think Daddy K was a puke, too...
Kennedy men will date anything. I would rather see this mentally ill man get help, but I don’t wish him ill. I hope this soldier is smart enough not to accept a ride from any Kennedy.
They only pander since it keeps the country divided ... Female Democrat voters eat this stuff up and it keeps their base intact. Believe me, democrats will want them euthanized should they ever win ‘people’s glorious revolution”. Remember, it’s never about people with democrats, it’s always about ways to attain and maintain power.
As you said, this isn't being paid for "by the military".
It's an *elective* mutilation paid for by the TAXPAYERS.
And not a one time procedure, "she" will require expensive, life-long hormone treatments.
He still looks like a he.
So I gather the state of the union address is going to be a big freak show.
of course his/her name is "Pat"...
Bring all you want. It is still wrong and evil.
Are the Kennedys inbred or something?
It isn’t even this weird in the hills of Arkansas.
Ah, a believer in science!
Of course he “still looks like a he”
You don’t seriously believe someone can change, do you?
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