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Joe Kennedy to bring transgender soldier to Trump's State of the Union
The Hill ^ | 01/28/18 | Jacqueline Thomsen

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.



TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: homosexualagenda; nuttyassquirrelpoop; sotu; stateoftheunion; trump
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To: boop

Wait! Wrong guy! I never said it wasn’t paid for by the military.


81 posted on 01/28/2018 4:51:59 PM PST by Monterrosa-24 (...even more American than a Russian AK-47 and a French bikini.)
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To: Vision
Joseph Patrick Kennedy III is a dumb freak.

I'm a lifelong resident of Massachusetts and I assure you that it's worse than that.Much worse.

He's a Kennedy.

82 posted on 01/28/2018 4:52:30 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Remember: All Cultures Are Equal!)
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To: JonPreston
Excellent! Let the sideshow begin!!!

Hurry, hurry. Step right on in.
83 posted on 01/28/2018 4:54:19 PM PST by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin
My congress critter here in Nor California is bringing a tranny for a date too.

Seems strange, but ok.


84 posted on 01/28/2018 4:54:59 PM PST by Flick Lives
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To: Simon Green

OMG WHAT a FREAK!


85 posted on 01/28/2018 4:55:48 PM PST by montag813
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To: Simon Green

A Kennedy. Figures.


86 posted on 01/28/2018 4:56:09 PM PST by onedoug
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To: Simon Green

87 posted on 01/28/2018 4:57:30 PM PST by montag813
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To: edh

The Cubans used to forcibly give lobotomies to these folks.

Oh, wait... the Kennedys were into using lobotomies to remake people, too.


88 posted on 01/28/2018 4:57:41 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: JonPreston
So King underwent major surgery = Wangectomy.

I believe you will find the proper medical term is chopadickoffame.
89 posted on 01/28/2018 4:57:52 PM PST by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: Enchante

Every time I see that picture I want to tear a telephone directory in half. Such a pretty girl. Yeah, I know...young and foolish. We all were at one point...but not that foolish. Terrible judgement messing around with a Kennedy. And to think those MA scum kept reelecting the prick to his dying day. Sucks to be a democrat.


90 posted on 01/28/2018 4:58:29 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Simon Green
If I understand it correctly, Joe Kennedy III is the great nephew of Joseph Kennedy II, the WWII Navy pilot that was killed in the war.

And now, snubbing his great uncle's service and sacrifice, III chooses to disrespect and undermine our precious Military, and force morale-disrupting and lawsuit-inviting abnormal situations on what the Dems just hate beyond hate, namely men and women serving honorably in our Country's uniform.

91 posted on 01/28/2018 4:58:31 PM PST by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except for convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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To: Simon Green
<>King also told the publication that she was the first service member to have her gender reassignment surgery paid for by the military.

Based on the photo, the operation failed.

92 posted on 01/28/2018 4:58:31 PM PST by Flick Lives
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To: Vision
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr was going to run in the New York Senate against Hillary and his plane crashed mysteriously.

Stupid isn't the word. I don't know what is the right word though.

To be clear:
official report of accident was:
"failure to maintain control of the airplane during a descent over water at night, which was a result of spatial disorientation"

93 posted on 01/28/2018 5:01:28 PM PST by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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To: Seaplaner

So this Joseph III is the son and grandson who which of the original Kennedy family member


94 posted on 01/28/2018 5:01:55 PM PST by Chickensoup (Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)
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To: Simon Green

Hahahahaha! So out of touch, that should get about 25% approval rating.


95 posted on 01/28/2018 5:02:04 PM PST by DAC21
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To: Simon Green

O. M. G. ! !


96 posted on 01/28/2018 5:02:48 PM PST by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Simon Green

They’ll make such a cute couple. He’s been hand picked, will have his speech written for him and was told who to bring. Stupid is as stupid does.


97 posted on 01/28/2018 5:04:22 PM PST by MomwithHope (Law and Order and that includes Natural.)
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To: JonPreston

The Greatest Show on Earth.


98 posted on 01/28/2018 5:05:20 PM PST by windsorknot
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To: Pollster1

” I hope this soldier is smart enough not to accept a ride from any Kennedy.”

Especially if they have to go over any bridges.


99 posted on 01/28/2018 5:05:31 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Jim Noble

No changing chromo’s. Once a he, always a he.


100 posted on 01/28/2018 5:05:33 PM PST by umgud
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