A report emerged on Sunday claiming that President-elect Donald J. Trump will issue an executive order on Day One to ban transgender military members. The report claims as many as 15,000 active military members will be “medically discharged” and deemed unfit to serve.
Pete Hegseth, who has been nominated to be Secretary of Defense, called including transgender people in the military “pushing boundaries” in a recent podcast.
In 2017, Trump announced a ban on transgender individuals in the military through Twitter. He cited consultation with generals and military experts while announcing the plan.
According to reports, Trump’s policy went into effect in 2019. It allowed individuals who were currently serving and had already received a gender dysphoria diagnosis to continue to serve in their preferred gender, receive hormone treatments and undergo sex-change surgery. However, anyone with gender dysphoria who is taking hormones or already underwent a gender transition would not be allowed to enlist. Those serving who were diagnosed with gender dysphoria after the policy went into effect would have to serve in their sex assigned at birth and would not be allowed to take hormones or receive sex-change surgery.
Senator Joni Ernst has advocated for transgender individuals to serve in the military.
Children listening to Senator Joni Ernst would think, “Sure, let’s do that surgery.” When a leader like Joni Ernst says, it makes no difference. Just don’t do it. Ernst should have said that suicide rates increase with children who have experienced surgical mutilation. Of course.
Why is Ernst always wrong? Ernst s for Hillary-style Obamacare HMO because her sister is sick. Ernst wants everybody to pay a HUGE Obamacare deductible of $9,200 because her sister has some illness. Does that sound like Republican Reform to you?
I don’t understand why Iowa has such awful senators and representatives. It’s so gross.
Emilie,
I agree with you 100%! Joni is voting with the DEMOCRATS so often it makes me SICK. I’m so sick and tired of it why some PEOPLE in the REPUBLICAN Party can’t see it , all you have to do is look at her voting record. PLEASE WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!!!!
We need to maintain a military at the highest standards, that does not include the mentally confused. Ernst is a poor example of a senator, military member that only wants the best for our country. Ernst too often supports what she believes is popular, not what is critical to the survival of America. She is even a poor RINO.