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“We’re cutting the woke out of the military,” declared Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C. “Getting this country back on a conservative basis.”
“I think it’s demoralizing to our troops when you see one of our leaders up there in a dress, or they’re doing these drag shows,” offered Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn.
Conservatives believe the battlefield may be inside the Pentagon. Republicans aimed to give “woke” policies in the armed forces a dishonorable discharge in this year’s defense policy bill.
“My amendment would ban CRT – Critical Race Theory – from any military instruction,” bragged Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Fla.
KIRBY CLAIMS ANTI-WOKE DEFENSE BILL PUTS TROOPS, MILITARY READINESS AT ‘GREATER RISK’
House Republicans narrowly pass defense bill. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Tex., went a step further.
“We’re focused on building a national defense and a military that is focused on blowing things up and killing people. N on social engineering wrapped in a uniform,” said Roy.
The House Armed Services Committee approved an initial version of the annual defense plan, 58-1.
That package may have passed on the floor with a coalition of Democrats and Republicans. For 62 years, lawmakers approved the defense bill on a bipartisan basis.
But that may not be the case this year.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., only has a four seat majority. So McCarthy let conservatives have their say on this legislation – even if those priorities may not wind up in the final version.
House members filed a staggering 1,500-plus amendments to the annual defense policy bill. Live amendments on the floor to legislation is an organic process. No one quite knows what amendments will pass or fail. And, in circumstances like these, it’s hard to track if a bill has the necessary votes. That’s because the underlying measure metamorphoses in real time on the floor. Changing and updating, contingent upon the adoption or failure of amendments. That means lawmakers who were for the…
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