The bigotry and hate continues:
In tweets Wednesday morning the president wrote: “After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military. Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail. Thank you”
WaPo
May God damn Donald Trump.
He is an evil man. When Satan calls him home, there will be rejoicing in the land.
Update I: Here’s why. It’s a political culture war thing:
But for now, I wanted to focus on the politics of it. Here is how one administration official justified the move in a quote given to Axios’ Jonathan Swan:
“This forces Democrats in Rust Belt states like Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin to take complete ownership of this issue. How will blue collar voters in these states respond when senators up for reelection in 2018 like Debbie Stabenow are forced to make their opposition to this a key plank of their campaigns?”
[But Dems are not afraid]
Meredith Kelly, a spokesperson for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, emailed me:
“President Trump’s attack on Americans who want to step up and make incredible sacrifice to serve our country is disgusting, and it’s made worse by the political calculation behind it. Every Republican should speak out against it. President Trump is a draft dodger and if he wants to talk about 2018, we’ve got dozens of veteran candidates who have already shown what it looks like to step up and serve our country to keep us safe, and are ready to do it again in Congress.”
WaPo; Greg Sargent, The Plum Line
Bannon and culture wars.
This will fail. Many vets are running.
Trump is desperate. It will get worse, but good will prevail in the end.