CHINK IN THE ARMOR: Republicans are celebrating after a defense policy bill cutting 'woke' policies in the military narrowly passed the House.
"My amendment would ban CRT – Critical Race Theory – from any military instruction," bragged Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Fla. "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.That package may have passed on the floor with a coalition ofBut that may not be the case this year.
There wasn’t a lot of debate about missiles and troops in this year’s defense bill. But once the amendments hit, it was all about abortion, transgender surgeries and diversity initiatives. But no other issue loomed as large as a conservative effort to slash reimbursements for troops or those under the military health care system umbrella to seek abortions across state lines.
There was worry the military culture clash could crash the entire defense bill. Some Republicans fretted that the conservative social policy issues went too far. When pressed further, Mace noted that the abortion provision wasn’t"going to pass the Senate anyway. It doesn’t matter.""It’s gone," said Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee."If Republicans insist that it has to be in it, then we will not have this year. If by some unbelievable miracle the Senate allowed that to go through, Biden would veto it.""This is an insult to all who serve – particularly women – in uniform.
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