Vet warns Trump war on U.S. culture starts with trans troops

Paul Riekhoff, a combat veteran of the Iraq War, has been recognized nationwide. Military Veterans advocates issued a dull warning Friday. The removal of the Trump administration of members of transgender services is just the beginning, and other Americans need to be careful.

Keep up with the latest LGBTQ+News and politics. Sign up for our supporters email newsletter.

“This isn’t just a ban. It’s a purge,” Rieckhoff said during his appearance. MSNBC’sKaty Tur reportsresponding to an order from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegses, demanding everyone. Transgender By June 6, they will face separation of the military or administrative forces that will “voluntarily” resign. “It’s reckless. It’s prejudice. It’s mean. And it’s morale-stricken.”

Related: Meet li, a transgender army challenging Donald Trump’s military ban

Rieckhoff, who served as an army infantry officer in Iraq and later founded American Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, said the policy was not only discriminatory but also unstable. “We’re talking about 20 years of people, including combat pilots, green berets, people who were deployed positively in the combat zone.

Friday afternoon, plaintiff’s lawyer Talbottv. UnitedStates He filed a letter to the U.S. DC Court of Appeals, warning judges of Hegses’ Thursday orders, and included the full text of the order as an exhibition. The letter, submitted by the National Center for Lesbian Rights, representing 32 transgender plaintiffs, by the Glad Act and the National Center, states that the directive “cannot meet the false standard” that “expressing a false ‘gender identity’ from an individual’s gender cannot meet the strict standards required for military services,” and that “Korrobete argues that “Korrowate” is “motabed.”

US District Judge Ana Reyes determined in March that the Trump administration implemented policies based on the dislike of trans people, without showing evidence that trans service members would in any way harm the military.

Related: This trans Air Force recruit wants to jump out of the plane to save others. He sues Trump to serve

The same language appeared in a public post by Hegzes. This also quoted the plaintiffs strengthening the basis for the unconstitutionality of the prohibition.

The directive comes days after the U.S. Supreme Court lifted a nationwide injunction over another complaint by the trans force. Shilling vs. United Statesallowing the administration to begin implementing a transgender military ban, even as legal appeals continue to operate.

Above Daily Show On Thursday night, host Jordan Klepper sat in the transgender forces that dismantled the administration’s justification. “This idea that we cannot unfold over the years is simply not true,” says Raytimberlake, a 17-year Navy veteran. “I’ve never missed a development. I can fight tonight.”

Black Hawk pilot Joe Ellis added, “They paid nothing for my transition. I wanted to respond to the mission as fast as possible so I paid out of my pocket. I could roll out again in six weeks.”

The Klepper segment aired the same week. Hegses delivered the tilade at a military event in Florida, saying, “There’s no more pronoun, the guy in dress anymore. We’ve finished that shit.”

Related:The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to enforce a military ban on transgender people

Rieckhoff said that while some may find the Pentagon’s new stance appealing, many will choose not to participate in armed services.

“You’ll get more people who have a opposition and think Pete Hegses is MacArthur,” Rickhoff said. “And you get other people who don’t want to be part of the army that becomes narrower, more male, more whiter, more right-wing. It’s not the 2024 army. It’s the 1864 army. It looks like a Confederate army, not a modern army that can fight all over the world.”

In the case of Rieckhoff, the separation inside Pride Month was intentional. “[Hegseth has] They announced that it was D-Day until June 6th. It’s a kind of epic culture war moment, or I want to be mean,” he said.

Riekhoff warned of that Military purges are part of a bigger strategy. “Everything they do with the Pentagon and the military is something they want to do for other society,” Rickhoff said. “They’re easy to get the military to do what you want. They ban books. They ban trans people. They are trying to attack Dei and delete books by Maya Angeloi. The spear for the complete transformation of society they want to carry out.”