A Break In The Ranks

Even some Republicans are telling Trump enough is enough and have fallen out of line with the hardline Republicans when it come to the military on us.

Armed Services Committee Republican breaks with Trump on transgender troops
The Hill
By AveryY Anapol
March 25, 2018

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) on Sunday broke with President Trump over his new ban on transgender Americans serving in the military.

In an interview on “Face the Nation,” Ernst told CBS News’ Margaret Brennan that she supports allowing transgender people to serve in the military as long as they fit the physical and mental standards required.

“I have asked transgenders myself, if you are willing to lay down your life beside mine, I would welcome you into our military,” she said.

“We do want to make sure that they meet physical requirements,” Ernst said. “We can't waive that. That is true across any demographic within our military, making sure that they are physically fit and they meet the mental standard.”

She is not alone; other Republicans have also spoke out against the ban.

She said Sunday that she would be open to having discussions with the Trump administration about the ban, but declined to say if she would ask the White House to change its position.

Maybe there is hope for us after all.

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So who did pen the Trump’s new policy, did he dream it up or did he do a “Donald” and palmed it off to someone else to write and if so who?

Pence secretly drafted Trump’s latest transgender military ban
Junk science informed the new order, not military readiness.
Think Progress
By Zack Ford
March 25, 2018

 When President Trump announced a new ban on transgender people serving in the military late Friday, it was somewhat of a surprise — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis had reportedly recommended in February that Trump allow transgender people to serve. It turns out that Vice President Pence and some of the country’s most prominent anti-LGBTQ activists had a role in reversing the outcome, which explains why the report explaining the decision is rife with anti-trans junk science.

Slate’s Mark Joseph Stern reported Friday night that, according to multiple sources, Pence played “a leading role” in creating the report, along with Ryan T. Anderson of the Heritage Foundation, which has been dubbed “Trump’s favorite think tank,” and Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council (FRC), an anti-LGBTQ hate group. Both Heritage and FRC praised the report Friday. According to Stern’s reporting, it was true that Mattis favored allowing transgender military service, but Pence “effectively overruled” him.

You might remember the Heritage Foundation from Ryan Anderson’s book “When Harry Became Sally” that did a barbarous job on us and the Family Research Council has been labeled as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

So much for the high quality research done on the ban they probably made it much easier to get it banned in court.