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Trey Gowdy, a former South Carolina Congressman, responded to a question from a CNN reporter about the ban of transgenders from joining the U.S. armed forces. As Trey typically does so very well, he nailed it rather succinctly
Question: How can President Trump claim to represent all U.S citizens, regardless of sexual orientation, when he banned transgenders from joining the military? Isn't that discrimination?
Trey Gowdy's Response:
"Nobody has a right to serve in the Military. Nobody! What makes you people think the Military is an equal opportunity employer? It is very far from it - and for good reasons - let me cite a few"
"The Military uses prejudice regularly and consistently to deny citizens from joining for being too old or too young, too fat or too skinny, too tall or too short. Citizens are denied for having flat feet, or for missing or additional fingers." he went on to explain: "By the way, poor eyesight will disqualify you, as well as bad teeth. Malnourished? Drug addiction? Bad back? Criminal history? Low IQ? Anxiety? Phobias? Hearing damage?
Hear voices in your head? Self-identification as a Unicorn? Need a special access ramp for your wheelchair?"
"Can't run the required course in the required time? Can't do the required number of push-ups? Not really a morning person? and refuse to get out of bed before noon? All can be legitimate reasons for denial"
"The Military has one job: Winning War. Anything else is a distraction and a liability. Did someone just scream, "That isn't Fair!" War is VERY unfair, there are no exceptions made for being special or challenged or socially wonderful."
"YOU must change yourself to meet Military standards and not the other way around."
"I say again: You don't change the Military - you must change yourself. The Military is not about being fair, it is about taking advantage of others and about winning.
The Military doesn't need to accommodate anyone with special issues. The Military needs to Win Wars and keep our Country safe - PERIOD!"
"If any of your personal issues are a liability that detract from readiness or lethality... Thank you for applying and good luck in future endeavors."
"..any other questions?
Don't blame me. I voted for Trump.
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Excellent. And business owners should be able to substitute "my business" in for "the military."
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I am..........disturbed.
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Is there a link or a YouTube clip of this? Would be gold to hear it from on video.
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[s][/s]I have been a Trey Gowdy fan for a long time. I hope he sticks around. This country needs him.
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What's Gowdy say about the real elephant in the room, separate standards for women.
Nothing? That's what I thought.
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A wonderful explanation!!
Same for females in combat zones IMO, different accommodations required that simply take efforts away from the more important stuff.
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Is there a link or a YouTube clip of this? Would be gold to hear it from on video. The problem with doing a youtube search is you get all the garbage the commies want you to see up front. He said that a while back on either Tucker or Hannity.
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That is OUTstanding!!! What's Gowdy say about the real elephant in the room, separate standards for women.
Nothing? That's what I thought. WTH are you talking about?? A LOT of females in the miltary... A LOT - and they do a damn good job... When did YOU serve, if I may ask?
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What's Gowdy say about the real elephant in the room, separate standards for women.
Nothing? That's what I thought. Because with the new physical fitness test and the lifting of the ban on women serving in combat arms branches, there are effectively no separate standards. If a female Soldier can meet the standards of the MOS, she can serve. But I’ve only been serving for 32 years, and am retiring as a senior field grade officer so what do I know? Old70
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Is there a link or a YouTube clip of this? Would be gold to hear it from on video. The problem with doing a youtube search is you get all the garbage the commies want you to see up front. He said that a while back on either Tucker or Hannity. The whole internet is like that seems now. 15 years ago, you could data mine even the most obscure items of interest. And I don’t mean that in any perverted sense. I was looking for some radial ice accretion data on previous catastrophic ice storms for a research presentation. Took me a little bit, but I found the data, associated reports, weather maps, all from different sources too. Booleaning my way around fluff. NOW, everything brought to you is pure garbage, endless pages of nothing. The algorithms are just wonky, only way I can articulate it.
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That is OUTstanding!!! What's Gowdy say about the real elephant in the room, separate standards for women.
Nothing? That's what I thought. WTH are you talking about?? A LOT of females in the miltary... A LOT - and they do a damn good job... When did YOU serve, if I may ask? Don't seem to hinder the IDF or the Red Army, do they?
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Is there a link or a YouTube clip of this? Would be gold to hear it from on video. The problem with doing a youtube search is you get all the garbage the commies want you to see up front. He said that a while back on either Tucker or Hannity. The whole internet is like that seems now. 15 years ago, you could data mine even the most obscure items of interest. And I don’t mean that in any perverted sense. I was looking for some radial ice accretion data on previous catastrophic ice storms for a research presentation. Took me a little bit, but I found the data, associated reports, weather maps, all from different sources too. Booleaning my way around fluff. NOW, everything brought to you is pure garbage, endless pages of nothing. The algorithms are just wonky, only way I can articulate it. Therein lies the problem. The commies have massaged the algorithms. They're no longer straightforward or "pure". It's probably some work to do that, actually. I would guess there's some sort of tagging or tiered ranking system. The Silicon Valley commies are pretty smart, in a devious way. Not like Nadler and Schitff. Tucker has called them out on it frequently.
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What's Gowdy say about the real elephant in the room, separate standards for women.
Nothing? That's what I thought. Because with the new physical fitness test and the lifting of the ban on women serving in combat arms branches, there are effectively no separate standards. If a female Soldier can meet the standards of the MOS, she can serve. But I’ve only been serving for 32 years, and am retiring as a senior field grade officer so what do I know? Old70 Hey, I just threw it out there. Sometimes it sticks sometimes it doesn't.
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That is OUTstanding!!! What's Gowdy say about the real elephant in the room, separate standards for women.
Nothing? That's what I thought. WTH are you talking about?? A LOT of females in the miltary... A LOT - and they do a damn good job... When did YOU serve, if I may ask? Don't seem to hinder the IDF or the Red Army, do they? Sure it did. The Soviets told us not to do it and so did the Israelis. Both tried it and realize it did not work. War is no place for women. They only way they are there IS because of lower standards /
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
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That is OUTstanding!!! What's Gowdy say about the real elephant in the room, separate standards for women.
Nothing? That's what I thought. WTH are you talking about?? A LOT of females in the miltary... A LOT - and they do a damn good job... When did YOU serve, if I may ask? Don't seem to hinder the IDF or the Red Army, do they? Sure it did. The Soviets told us not to do it and so did the Israelis. Both tried it and realize it did not work. War is no place for women. They only way they are there IS because of lower standards / Excellent. I wanted to say exactly that but don't have the bona fides. 🤣
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That is OUTstanding!!! What's Gowdy say about the real elephant in the room, separate standards for women.
Nothing? That's what I thought. WTH are you talking about?? A LOT of females in the miltary... A LOT - and they do a damn good job... When did YOU serve, if I may ask? Don't seem to hinder the IDF or the Red Army, do they? Sure it did. The Soviets told us not to do it and so did the Israelis. Both tried it and realize it did not work. War is no place for women. They only way they are there IS because of lower standards / Excellent. I wanted to say exactly that but don't have the bona fides. 🤣 For starters: Weak Link
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A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
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1)Many of the smartest people on planet earth work in silicon valley. 2) Large portions of the information the used to be available for free on the internet 10-15+ year ago is now locked down and you need to pay to access it. Or it has been stripped off because of privacy and ownership rights. Is there a link or a YouTube clip of this? Would be gold to hear it from on video. The problem with doing a youtube search is you get all the garbage the commies want you to see up front. He said that a while back on either Tucker or Hannity. The whole internet is like that seems now. 15 years ago, you could data mine even the most obscure items of interest. And I don’t mean that in any perverted sense. I was looking for some radial ice accretion data on previous catastrophic ice storms for a research presentation. Took me a little bit, but I found the data, associated reports, weather maps, all from different sources too. Booleaning my way around fluff. NOW, everything brought to you is pure garbage, endless pages of nothing. The algorithms are just wonky, only way I can articulate it.
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Gowdy talks and slings out boob bait for bubba. But he does not act. His role is to make Republican base voters & conservatives think the Republican Party cares about them & their issues, while doing as little as possible.
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