danger! Champion Amy Schneider weighed in on the issue of drugs in the military, particularly Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s refusal to promote him to admiral, apparently because the admiral approved of drug performance.
“Pete Hegseth appears to have rescinded an admiral’s promotion due to a drug performance that occurred on the admiral’s aircraft carrier,” Schneider wrote. thread Friday. “Note to Pete Hegseth: The British military *constantly* put on drag shows while conquering what seemed like the entire world. It was a standard form of entertainment.”
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The admiral in question, Rear Admiral Michael Donnelly, was to be promoted to vice admiral and commander of the 7th Fleet. Donald Trump nominated him for the post in June, and the Senate confirmed him. But Hegseth withdrew Donnelly’s nomination in July.
The Secretary of Defense did not give a reason, but said, “Mr. Donnelly came under fire from conservative influencers and prominent media figures for his drag show performances during his time in command of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan from 2016 to 2018.” USA Today It was reported at the time. Even under the pro-LGBTQ Biden administration, there were voices of opposition to prolonging performances at military installations.
Yeoman Private First Class Joshua Kelley, who goes by the drag name Harpy Daniels and performed on the aircraft carrier, had nothing but praise for Donnelly. “To set the record straight, I have never participated in a drag show. I was just one of the queens who had a seven-minute shining moment to boost the morale of the sailors, as they have throughout military history,” Kelly said. Strange.
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By the way, the very knowledgeable Schneider is right. In 2021, for example, a 1940 photograph surfaced showing British soldiers interrupting rehearsals for a Christmas drag show to protect them from air raids by Nazi Germany. The soldiers were still wearing drag costumes. Snopes.com and other sources confirmed that the photo is legitimate.
“‘I interrupted a drag show to shoot a Nazi’ is a really powerful energy I want to recapture,” one Twitter user wrote when sharing the photo.
Drag performances have been recorded as being popular with the US military during World War II. National World War II Museum. Initially, the rationale for male soldiers and sailors to cross-dress as morale-boosting shows was that there were not enough women in the military to fill the role. Eventually more women enrolled, but while women in the Navy were allowed to perform for male units, women in the Army were not. And drugs became widely accepted.
Military men in drag also appeared on Broadway and in movies. Irving Berlin’s World War II Show This is the army, It featured a cast of soldiers, included drag, and was the film that introduced drag performance to future Republican President Reagan, although he did not appear in drag himself. Rodgers and Hammerstein’s hit musical South Pacific They included a number called “Honey Bun,” which featured a male sailor wearing a grass skirt and a bra top made from coconut shells, and a female nurse wearing an oversized sailor’s suit called drag for men. Yes, drugs have been around for years, in the military, in real life, on stage and on screen.
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And it’s hard to doubt Schneider’s knowledge. she achieved 40 consecutive wins danger! He won in 2021-2022, winning the Tournament of Champions that season and winning a total prize money of $1,682,800. She is the top female contestant in both regular season and overall wins, and is also the first transgender contestant to qualify for the Tournament of Champions. Her 40-game streak now ranks second only to world No. 1 Ken Jennings. danger! The hosts won 74 consecutive games in 2004.
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