No More Military Social Experiments
I'm Tomi Lahren, more next.
There are a lot of careers, professions, and areas of life where social experiments are fine like the local coffee shop, the theatre department, or the nightclub, but the military is not one of those areas.
And now, our defense department under the leadership of Pete Hegseth, will reflect that.
This week our secretary of defense ordered an IMMEDIATE pause on what the Left likes to call 'gender affirming care'-but is really the medical or therapeutic bandage for gender dysfunction- for all active duty service members.
The United States Military exists to protect American interests, not pay for the end result of an identity crisis.
If eyesight, asthma, or ya know.. the refusal of rhetoric COVID vax, are impediments to one's military service, perhaps questioning your biology to the point you require 'care' should also be on the list!
Back to war fighting. Back to common sense.
I'm Tomi Lahren and you watch my show 'Tomi Lahren is Fearless' at Outkick.com
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