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.
Wait! Wrong guy! I never said it wasn’t paid for by the military.
I'm a lifelong resident of Massachusetts and I assure you that it's worse than that.Much worse.
He's a Kennedy.
Seems strange, but ok.
OMG WHAT a FREAK!
A Kennedy. Figures.
The Cubans used to forcibly give lobotomies to these folks.
Oh, wait... the Kennedys were into using lobotomies to remake people, too.
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.
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.
Based on the photo, the operation failed.
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"
So this Joseph III is the son and grandson who which of the original Kennedy family member
Hahahahaha! So out of touch, that should get about 25% approval rating.
O. M. G. ! !
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.
The Greatest Show on Earth.
” I hope this soldier is smart enough not to accept a ride from any Kennedy.”
Especially if they have to go over any bridges.
No changing chromo’s. Once a he, always a he.
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