WASHINGTON—The Defense Department is withdrawing the nomination of Rear Adm. Michael &#8220;Buzz&#8221; Donnelly, The Daily Wire can first report, under whose command drag performances took place on board the USS Ronald Reagan.
Donnelly served as commanding officer of the aircraft carrier from April 2016 to September 2018, during which time Yeoman 2nd Class Joshua Kelley performed as a drag queen under the name &#8220;Harpy Daniels&#8221; at a department-sanctioned &#8220;Morale, Welfare, and Recreation&#8221; event on the aircraft carrier.
The Defense Department <a href="https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2025-06-24/7th-fleet-nomination-buzz-donnelly-18232720.html">announced </a><a href="https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2025-06-24/7th-fleet-nomination-buzz-donnelly-18232720.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">on June 18</a> that President Donald Trump had nominated Donnelly for promotion to vice admiral and an appointment as commander of the 7th Fleet, the largest overseas force that the Navy has.
Following inquiries from The Daily Wire about Donnelly and the drag queen shows he permitted on board the USS Ronald Reagan, a source at the Defense Department said that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is withdrawing Donnelly&#8217;s nomination to lead the 7th Fleet.
Hegseth is looking for a new 7th Fleet commander, the source shared.
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This dude got his start doing drag shows on the USS Ronald Reagan in 2017.
The commander of the Reagan in 17, Michael P. Donnelly, is up for promotion now. Thankfully, <a href="https://twitter.com/SenTuberville?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenTuberville</a> is holding up his nom over the Pentagon funding abortions.
This is a fight worth having. <a href="https://t.co/WkeZuySz6e">https://t.co/WkeZuySz6e</a>
— William Thibeau (@WilliamThibeau) <a href="https://twitter.com/WilliamThibeau/status/1653799409530855424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2023</a></blockquote>
Donnelly drew national attention in 2023 when Sen. Tommy Tuberville held up his promotion to rear admiral as part of his blockade on Defense Department promotions. The Alabama Republican was fighting President Joe Biden&#8217;s policy providing three weeks of paid leave and reimbursement of travel expenses for military personnel and their dependents who wanted abortions.
Tuberville argued that the policy was one of many taxpayer-funded Defense Department initiatives unrelated to the agency&#8217;s mission of protecting the United States. He called on the former Navy leadership in a May 2023 letter to name the officers responsible for funding and promoting drag queen performances.
<div id="attachment_945215" style="width: 471px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-pentagon-ditches-admiral-who-allowed-drag-queen-performances-on-aircraft-carrier/231126-n-ty650-1169" rel="attachment wp-att-945215"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-945215" class="wp-image-945215 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/231126-N-TY650-1169-461x576.jpeg" alt="Defense Department photo of Admiral Donnelly. " width="461" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/231126-N-TY650-1169-461x576.jpeg 461w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/231126-N-TY650-1169-240x300.jpeg 240w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/231126-N-TY650-1169-768x960.jpeg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/231126-N-TY650-1169-1229x1536.jpeg 1229w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/231126-N-TY650-1169-1639x2048.jpeg 1639w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/231126-N-TY650-1169-scaled.jpeg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px" /></a>Defense Department photo of Admiral Donnelly.</div>
A number of legacy media outlets, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/navy-drag-queen-harpy-daniels-serving-looks-country-n905056">including NBC</a> and the Military Times, had highlighted the drag shows that occurred during Donnelly&#8217;s tour.
&#8220;Navy drag queen &#8216;Harpy Daniels&#8217; is serving looks — and the country,&#8221; NBC headlined their story. The Military Times report was replete with photos of Kelley in drag, including one where he is doing a split in front of his fellow service members.
This type of significant press attention would have been &#8220;a standard reporting requirement directly to Captain Donnelly at the time,&#8221; William Thibeau, director of The American Military Project at The Claremont Institute, <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/05/19/tuberville-blocking-promotion-navy-captain-who-allowed-drag-shows-uss-ronald-reagan/">told The Daily Signal at the time</a>.
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&#8220;Every military officer takes command of units large and small with the understanding they are responsible for everything that does and does not happen under their command,&#8221; Thibeau explained in 2023. &#8220;It&#8217;s the basic truth of military leadership, whether you command an infantry company or an aircraft carrier.&#8221;
&#8220;The USS Ronald Reagan drag shows of 2017 and 2018 were not random acts of entertainment for sailors, but were sanctioned Navy programs under the Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) department of the ship,&#8221; he noted. &#8220;As commander of the ship, Captain Donnelly would have been ultimately responsible for this program.&#8221;
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Donnelly is a 2002 graduate of the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island and served as commanding officer for Strike Fighter Squadron 154 (VFA-154), the last commanding officer of USS Denver deployed to Sasebo, Japan, commanding officer of USS Ronald Reagan deployed to Yokosuka, Japan and commander of Task Force Seven Zero/Carrier Strike Group Five.

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Two drag queens performed a flamboyant lip-sync routine on the Oregon House floor on Wednesday as part of a Democratic resolution celebrating &#8220;black drag performers,&#8221; prompting Republican backlash over using the legislative chamber for &#8220;political theater.&#8221;
The <a href="https://x.com/RepYunker/status/1935145970058277064">resolution</a> recognizing &#8220;the artistry of black drag performers&#8221; in Oregon was introduced by Rep. Travis E. Nelson, a Democrat and the state&#8217;s &#8220;first black LGBTQIA+ House member,&#8221; The New York Post reported.
“Your presence, artistry, and courage are a powerful reminder of the joy, resilience and cultural impact of drag in Oregon and beyond,” Nelson told the drag queens. “Thank you for sharing your light with us this morning.”
The resolution <a href="https://x.com/RepYunker/status/1935512965882790212">passed</a> in the state House with a vote of 34-9, with two Republicans voting in favor.
Two drag queens danced wildly around the chamber for nearly five minutes in honor of the resolution, wearing eccentric outfits including a yellow jumpsuit and a rainbow-colored one-piece with a blue wig.
&#8220;I&#8217;m not sure the Founding Fathers envisioned taxpayer-funded legislative chambers being turned into platforms for political theater,&#8221; GOP state Rep. Dwayne Yunker posted on X, along with footage of the performance. &#8220;The House floor is meant for serious debate, lawmaking, and serving all Oregonians, not partisan spectacles designed to push cultural agendas,&#8221; he added.
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This was the Oregon House floor this morning used to celebrate Black Drag Queens.
I’m not sure the Founding Fathers envisioned taxpayer-funded legislative chambers being turned into platforms for political theater. The House floor is meant for serious debate, lawmaking, and… <a href="https://t.co/FrwjaRqPw0">pic.twitter.com/FrwjaRqPw0</a>
— Rep. Dwayne Yunker HD3 (@RepYunker) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepYunker/status/1935411823634956642?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Yunker went on to describe the drag show as “outrageous and a complete waste of taxpayer money.”
The drag queens lip-synched to Aretha Franklin&#8217;s &#8220;A Deeper Love.&#8221;
According to Oregon Live, nearly all Republicans were <a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/06/democratic-oregon-house-members-celebrate-black-drag-performers-as-nearly-all-republicans-boycott.html">absent</a> during the drag show, while two were seated at the back of the chamber.
GOP Rep. Cyrus Javadi was at the front of the chamber, clapping along to the performance with his teenage daughter. Javaldi was one of the two Republicans who voted in favor of the resolution.
Social media erupted with criticism following the display, with many commenters calling it inappropriate for government proceedings.
“I am completely embarrassed of the state I live in. Our tax dollars are being spent on this crap,” one account posted on X.
“The Oregon House of Representatives&#8230;.let that sink in,” another social media user wrote. “Parents are doing all they can to clean their schools and elected representatives are doing this in the house (sic) of the people. No words.”
“I am thankful every day that Trump won the 2024 election,” another posted in response.

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will defend Texas A&amp;M in court after it was sued over a decision to ban drag performances on its campuses, The Daily Wire learned Friday. 
The Board of Regents for Texas A&amp;M was sued earlier this month by a student group called the Queer Empowerment Council, which alleged that the board&#8217;s February decision to no longer sanction drag shows on campus is a violation of the First Amendment. Paxton said Friday that the publicly-funded university system had no obligation to host “obscene” drag shows, and that he would be representing the board. 
“Our colleges and universities exist to help students learn and equip them as they take their next steps in life,&#8221; Paxton told The Daily Wire. &#8220;They are not, and have never been, a place for taxpayer-funded drag shows where men pretending to be women engage in obscene, offensive, and degrading behavior.&#8221;
“Texans’ tax dollars should not fund or be used for vulgar assaults on our values, which is why I’m defending the Board’s ban on these shows against frivolous lawsuits launched by left-wing radicals,” he added. 
In a February 28 <a href="https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/487e01de1b7579fc428d19d2ee25ecf9/Item%201%20BOR%20Resolution%20re%20Campus%20Events.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resolution</a>, the board said that it found that drag shows were “inconsistent” with the mission of the university system as they “involve sexualized, vulgar or lewd conduct” and “involve conduct that demeans women.”
The board said that it believed that drag shows created a hostile environment for women in violation of Title IX in university public spaces. 
The resolution also cited an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-to-sign-executive-order-defining-sex-as-male-and-female" target="_blank" rel="noopener">executive order</a> from President Donald Trump that directs federal funding to be cut from entities that promote gender ideology and a letter from Governor Greg Abbott directing state agencies to comply with the executive order. 
The board wrote that “both the System and the Universities receive significant federal funding, the use of facilities at the Universities for Drag Show Events may be considered promotion of gender ideology in violation of the Executive Order and the Governor’s directive.”
In response to the decision, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression <a href="https://www.thefire.org/news/lawsuit-lgbtq-student-group-sues-overturn-texas-ams-unconstitutional-drag-ban" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filed</a> a federal lawsuit on behalf of the student-led Queer Empower Group. That group alleged that the board was violating the First Amendment by engaging in viewpoint discrimination.
The group was particularly upset that a drag festival called “Draggieland,” will no longer be allowed to be hosted at a campus venue.

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Vice President Kamala Harris hired a communications staffer this summer who boasts that he performs as a drag queen on the weekends.
Eric Lipka, the Harris campaign&#8217;s Pennsylvania deputy press secretary, has gone by the drag queen names &#8220;Erotica the Drag Queen,&#8221; &#8220;Erotica,&#8221; and &#8220;Erica Lipka,&#8221; on social media, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/erotica-drag-queen-meet-biden-campaign-staffer-helping-comms-strategy-key-state">Fox News Digital reported</a>, and his name has been featured in dozens of public Facebook posts. He danced and performed drag at a &#8220;Saint Saturday&#8221; event in Richmond, Virginia in January 2024, according to Fox, and in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware as well as various locations in Maryland, Connecticut, and Washington, D.C.
His social media profiles formerly said that he was a &#8220;woman from the neck up&#8221; and described him as &#8220;DC&#8217;s twirling twunk&#8221; — a term <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=twunk">defined by Urban Dictionary</a> as one &#8220;used amongst the LGBTQ community to describe males (typically gay) with the face of a twink (boyish-looking, pretty) but the body of a hunk (muscular, jocky).&#8221;
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Thrilled to share I’ve joined the Biden-Harris campaign as deputy press secretary for Pennsylvania!
Let’s get to work, and finish the job! 🇺🇸 <a href="https://t.co/xWoh7ZsPGY">pic.twitter.com/xWoh7ZsPGY</a>
— Eric Lipka (@ericclipkaa) <a href="https://twitter.com/ericclipkaa/status/1813668722730795183?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2024</a></blockquote>
Harris is <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/kamala-harris-not-engaging-catholic-voters-it-could-cost-her-1970806">currently on thin ice</a> with Catholic voters in Pennsylvania, <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/09/09/white-protestants-and-catholics-support-trump-but-voters-in-other-us-religious-groups-prefer-harris/">particularly due</a> to her campaign&#8217;s stances on unrestricted abortions. The Pennsylvania Catholic Conference <a href="https://www.pacatholic.org/resources/pa-catholic-statistics/">estimated</a> in 2020 that 24% of the state&#8217;s population is Catholic, almost 3 million residents.
Lipka&#8217;s &#8220;X&#8221; account biography specifically states that he is a &#8220;drag queen&#8221; &#8220;on weekends.&#8221; Fox News reported in July that Lipka&#8217;s social media accounts were &#8220;locked down&#8221; shortly after the publication reached out to the then-Biden campaign for comment.
But a few of his drag posts remain on his &#8220;X&#8221; account, such as a September 2023 post in which he tweeted: &#8220;To celebrate it being Friday, some drag content to bless your feed.&#8221;
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&#8220;But [for real] I had really ate that uppp,&#8221; the Harris staffer added. His post includes two videos of an individual, apparently Lipka, dressed in aggressive makeup, jewelry, and women&#8217;s clothing. In the second video, an individual dressed in drag struts across a stage in a &#8220;custom made, dominatrix inspired&#8221; outfit, as a person in the background describes. 
An apparent friend of Lipka&#8217;s tagged him in a Facebook post on October 2o22 with the caption: &#8220;The girls that drag together, <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="xz74otr" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t2c/2/16/1f346.png" alt="🍆" width="16" height="16" /> bottoms down together.&#8221;
&#8220;Babyyyyy u already know,&#8221; responded Lipka.
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Neither Lipka nor the Harris campaign responded to requests for comment for this story. In July, President Joe Biden&#8217;s campaign defended him to Fox News Digital, telling the publication that it is &#8220;proud&#8221; to have Lipka on the campaign.
&#8220;We&#8217;re proud to have a team of 200 talented Pennsylvania staffers, including Eric, highlighting Trump&#8217;s record killing 275,000 jobs across the commonwealth and his discriminatory and extreme Project 2025 agenda to make life worse for our families,&#8221; Jack Doyle, the Pennsylvania communications director for the Biden campaign, told Fox News Digital.
Prior to his employment on the Harris campaign, Lipka worked as a press assistant for Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and as a communications intern for Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA). In an apparently deleted LinkedIn post that Fox cited in July, Lipka wrote that he brought &#8220;perspective as a gay latino&#8221; to Garcia&#8217;s office, describing how he helped build Garcia&#8217;s brand&#8221; and &#8220;name ID&#8221; by connecting him with one of the winner&#8217;s of &#8220;RuPaul&#8217;s Drag Race,&#8221; arranging a &#8220;meet-and-greet at a DC LGBTQ+ venue.&#8221;
&#8220;We then pushed this to our LGBTQ+ lists, which went viral in that community,&#8221; Lipka wrote, according to Fox.

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“Saturday Night Live” alum <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">Will Ferrell</a> said he would no longer accept a part that included him dressing like a woman for laughs.
The 57-year-old actor discussed playing Clinton-era Attorney General Janet Reno decades ago during a recent interview with his friend, “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/saturday-night-live">SNL</a>” head writer Harper Steele, for an episode of “The Interview” podcast, per <a href="https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/will-ferrell-regrets-snl-drag-sketches-janet-reno-1236139470/">Variety</a>.
Ferrell specifically said he regretted participating in the “Janet Reno’s Fantasies” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">sketch</a> from Season 23 of SNL in 1997.
When the interviewer mentioned that the sketch “hits a false note now,” Ferrell replied by saying, “That’s something I wouldn’t choose to do now.”
“This kind of bums me out,” Steele, who identifies as transgender, said. “I understand the laugh is a drag laugh. It’s, ‘Hey, look at this guy in a dress, and that’s funny.’ It’s absolutely not funny. It’s absolutely a way that we should be able to live in the world. However, with performers and actors, I do like a sense of play.”
“This is an interesting question to me,” Steele added. “Do queer people like ‘The Birdcage,’ or do they not? Robin Williams, at least as far as we know, was not a gay man, and yet he spent about half of his comedy career doing a swishy gay guy on camera. Do people think that’s funny, or is it just hurtful? I’ve heard from gay men that it was funny, and I’ve heard from gay men that it was hurtful. I am purple-haired woke, but I wonder if sometimes we take away the joy of playing when we take away some of the range that performers, especially comedy performers, can do.”
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The outlet noted that Ferrell recalled “a fair amount” of sketches from “SNL” which would make him “lament the choice.” 
The “Anchorman” star also jokingly said, “I mean, in a way, the cast — you’re kind of given this assignment. So I’m going to blame the writers.”
Steele agreed, “Yeah, he’s not culpable at all,” then continued, “I wrote Monica Lewinsky stuff I wasn’t proud of. I wrote some good Britney Spears stuff and some stuff that I’m not as proud of. I wrote some Clinton things I wasn’t proud of. I’m just moving on. I have to.”
Ferrell is promoting his project “Will &amp; Harper,” a Netflix documentary he did with Harper featuring the two of them going on a cross-country road trip.

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Drag queens from “RuPaul’s Drag Race” will host a huge drag show to boost voter registration for in Chicago during the Democratic National Convention, where Vice President Kamala Harris is trying to consolidate the party around her candidacy.
Drag PAC — created by “Drag Race” alumni — announced that on Wednesday August 21 it will host what’s being called “<a href="https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1825652012202996219/video/1">DNC Drag Night Chicago: A Voter Registration Kiki</a>,” <a href="https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/06/drag-race-alumni-make-history-by-forming-first-ever-pac-led-by-famous-queens/">LGBTQ Nation</a> reported. The group is hosting the multiple drag shows on Wednesday in hopes of increasing voter registration 
In a <a href="https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1825652012202996219">video</a> posted by Libs of TikTok on X, we see a host of drag queens saying “hey Chicago” as they promote the various drag shows that they claim will be “the biggest night of drag.”
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One of the stars said, “you thought a city of politicians was too much. Wait till you see a city of Drag Queens.&#8221;
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Drag PAC, a pro-Kamala PAC created by drag queens, is holding a massive drag show in Chicago during the DNC.
They are also trying to register voters at the show.
The Democratic party is represented by drag queens. <a href="https://t.co/vvoros0eB8">pic.twitter.com/vvoros0eB8</a>
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href="https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1825652012202996219?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 19, 2024</a></blockquote>
The PAC’s founding members — which include performers like Jinkx Monsoon, BenDeLaCreme, and Monét X Change — said the PAC was formed due to what it labeled  “anti-LGBTQ+ bills,” the outlet noted. The so-called &#8220;anti-LGBTQ&#8221; legislation in multiple states targets drag performances that outlaws adult cabaret male or female impersonators from performing “nudity, sexual excitement, sexual conduct, excess violence or sadomasochistic abuse” on public property.
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Along with the Drag Queen shows, the four-day long convention may at times look more like a typical Hollywood awards show than a political event when this week in the Windy City, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hollywood-celebrities-to-headline-every-night-of-dnc">reported</a>.
Convention organizers have confirmed to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/18/entertainment/kerry-washington-mindy-kaling-dnc-hosts/index.html">CNN</a> that a different celebrity will kick off each of the four nights at the DNC, where the featured star will give remarks and reappear on stage throughout the evening, starting on Monday night with “Scandal” star Tony Goldwyn.
Tuesday night, CNN contributor and host of “The View” Ana Navarro will emcee the evening. Wednesday night TV star Mindy Kaling will host followed by actress Kerry Washington on Thursday, who will emcee the evening on the same night that Vice President Kamala Harris will officially accept the Democratic party’s nomination.
And they will not be the only ones, as dozens of Hollywood stars flock to Chicago for events and concerts planned around the DNC, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dozens-of-hollywood-stars-flocking-to-chicago-for-dnc">reported</a>.
John Legend, an outspoken supporter of the Democratic Party and past contenders for the White House, will hold a concert for Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, the <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/democratic-national-convention-chicago-celebrities-hollywood-stars-1235974542/">Hollywood Reporter</a> noted. 
Late-night host Stephen Colbert is taking his show on the road for the first time with guest appearances that include Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, and Chance the Rapper, among others <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/hillary-clinton-nancy-pelosi-stephen-colbert-late-show-live-dnc-2024-1235977097/">THR</a> noted.
There is even supposed to be a Hollywood premiere-style look at the DNC with a “blue” carpet for the arrival of the bigger-named attendees, <a href="https://deadline.com/2024/08/democratic-national-convention-red-carpet-snapchat-matt-friend-1236040464/">Deadline</a> reported.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hollywood-celebrities-to-headline-every-night-of-dnc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hollywood Celebrities To Headline Every Night of DNC</a>

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Vice President Kamala Harris underwent an obvious vocal metamorphosis over the course of just a few days, taking a very different tone when she addressed a rally crowd in Atlanta, Georgia, than she had when speaking to the drag queens on &#8220;RuPaul&#8217;s Drag Race.&#8221;
When speaking with the drag queens in Los Angeles on the day she officially kicked off her presidential campaign, Harris&#8217; tone was crisp and clear — but by the time she took the stage at her Atlanta rally on Tuesday, the de facto Democratic nominee had adopted a slow drawl.
Conservative communications pro Greg Price shared side-by-side videos that showed just how dramatic the change had been, adding the caption, &#8220;Here is Kamala Harris, who was born in California to Jamaican and Indian college professors, talking to drag queens in Los Angeles a week ago vs. black people in Atlanta tonight. Fakest human being that has ever lived.&#8221;
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Here is Kamala Harris, who was born in California to Jamaican and Indian college professors, talking to drag queens in Los Angeles a week ago vs. black people in Atlanta tonight.
Fakest human being that has ever lived. <a href="https://t.co/qE4NoB8ibN">pic.twitter.com/qE4NoB8ibN</a>
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href="https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1818447450249531640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 31, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;&#8216;We ‘gon do it again in twenty twenty-foh.&#8217; What the hell is wrong with this person?&#8221; one posted in response.
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“We ‘gon do it again in twenty twenty-foh”
What the hell is wrong with this person? <a href="https://t.co/LKlZzX3dCq">https://t.co/LKlZzX3dCq</a>
— Chet Cannon (@Chet_Cannon) <a href="https://twitter.com/Chet_Cannon/status/1818450354142413016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 31, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;One wonders if any journalists in Georgia or elsewhere will question Kamala&#8217;s obviously fake southern accent at her highly managed stage performance in Atlanta,&#8221; another added.
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One wonders if any journalists in Georgia or elsewhere will question Kamala&#8217;s obviously fake southern accent at her highly managed stage performance in Atlanta <a href="https://t.co/Mc7OpaHPxS">https://t.co/Mc7OpaHPxS</a>
— Phil Holloway ✈️ (@PhilHollowayEsq) <a href="https://twitter.com/PhilHollowayEsq/status/1818629929535213948?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 31, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The video of her affected southern drawl drew immediate comparisons to the Democratic Party&#8217;s last female nominee, Hillary Clinton, from the first of her two failed presidential runs in 2007.
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&#8220;Almost worse than Hillary&#8217;s &#8216;I don&#8217;t feel no ways tired&#8217; weirdness. Maybe worse,&#8221; one said.
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Almost worse than Hillary&#8217;s &#8220;I don&#8217;t feel no ways tired&#8221; weirdness. Maybe worse. <a href="https://t.co/yNt0Po4Xv0">https://t.co/yNt0Po4Xv0</a>
— Kemberlee Kaye (@KemberleeKaye) <a href="https://twitter.com/KemberleeKaye/status/1818477472331030733?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 31, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Kamala Harris’s fake southern accent puts Hillary Clinton to shame,&#8221; another added.
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Kamala Harris’s fake southern accent puts Hillary Clinton to shame. <a href="https://t.co/pXh1F2ljB5">pic.twitter.com/pXh1F2ljB5</a>
— Ian Haworth (@ighaworth) <a href="https://twitter.com/ighaworth/status/1818435606864679418?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 30, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;The fake Southern/jive accent is such a narcissistic, privileged white liberal compulsion. It never occurs to them how cringe and racist it is. At least Hillary actually lived in the South for a bit; Kamala is a California valley girl raised in Canada,&#8221; another posted.
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The fake Southern/jive accent is such a narcissistic, privileged white liberal compulsion. It never occurs to them how cringe and racist it is.
At least Hillary actually lived in the South for a bit; Kamala is a California valley girl raised in Canada. <a href="https://t.co/be7lK8OLDh">pic.twitter.com/be7lK8OLDh</a>
— Chadwick Moore (@Chadwick_Moore) <a href="https://twitter.com/Chadwick_Moore/status/1818681561656488308?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 31, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign rally in Atlanta

WATCH: Harris Undergoes Obvious Voice Metamorphosis When Talking To Atlanta Voters

2024 Election

Atlanta

Elections

Hillary Clinton

RuPaul’s Drag Race

“Full House” star Jodie Sweetin defended the drag queen Last Supper parody at the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/paris-olympics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Paris Olympics</a> after her fellow costar <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/candace-cameron-bure">Candace Cameron Bure</a> slammed it as “disgusting.”
During the opening ceremony at the 2024 Summer Olympics, a scene modeled after The Last Supper opened with an obese woman wearing an aureole as Jesus surrounded by drag queens as the Apostles, a decapitated head representing Marie Antoinette of the French Revolution, and drag queens dancing around children.
&#8220;Tell me you don&#8217;t know about art or history,&#8221; Sweetin wrote in a July 29 Instagram Story <a href="https://www.eonline.com/news/1405545/full-houses-jodie-sweetin-defends-olympics-drag-show-after-candace-cameron-bure-calls-it-disgusting">per E! News</a>, &#8220;without TELLING me you don&#8217;t know about art or history.&#8221;
Her post also included a video that started circulating online after Christians blasted the offensive scene, claiming that it wasn’t religious but inspired by the ancient Greek God Dionysus, who represents &#8220;feasting, festivity and ritual theater.&#8221;
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🔗: <a href="https://t.co/rV61qfwOuB">https://t.co/rV61qfwOuB</a> 
Jodie Sweetin is shutting down criticism surrounding the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ParisOlympics?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ParisOlympics</a>. She speaks out at the link. <a href="https://t.co/8EpBQsuqdl">pic.twitter.com/8EpBQsuqdl</a>
— E! News (@enews) <a href="https://twitter.com/enews/status/1818104350235111897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 30, 2024</a></blockquote>
Sweetin’s post comes one day after “Fuller House” star Candace Cameron Bure took to Instagram to blast the anti-Christian scene, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disgusting-candace-cameron-bure-says-shes-sad-for-souls-after-olympics-opening-ceremony">reported</a>.
“I love the Olympic Games,” Bure said, mentioning that her husband Valeri Bure, a retired professional hockey player, and several other family members, were Olympic competitors.
“The Olympic Games have always brought me so much joy. It’s the best of the best athletes in the world competing for the title,” she added.
“So to watch such an incredible and wonderful event that’s gonna take place over the next two weeks and see the opening ceremonies completely blaspheme and mock the Christian faith with their interpretation of the Last Supper was disgusting,” Bure continued. “And it made me so sad. And someone said, ‘You shouldn’t be sad. You should be mad about it.’ And I’m like, ‘Trust me. It makes me mad.’ But I’m more sad, because I’m sad for souls.”
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She also mentioned in her post that some followers claimed the opening ceremonies were not mocking Da Vinci’s famous “Last Supper” painting, but said she’s “not buying it” and she doesn’t “see how [Dionysus] relates to unifying the world through competitive sports and [is] acceptable for children to watch.”
The Paris Olympics admitted on Saturday the blasphemous scene was inspired by da Vinci’s famous mural, then tried to walk it back on Monday, the <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/07/30/sports/paris-olympics-admitted-opening-ceremony-drag-show-was-based-on-last-supper/">New York Post</a> reported.
Following the backlash against the Olympics, Anne Descamps, a spokesperson for the Paris Olympics, said at a press conference, “If people have taken any offense we are really sorry.”
“Clearly there was never an intention to show disrespect to any religious group. (The opening ceremony) tried to celebrate community tolerance,” Descamps told reporters, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/sports/olympics/paris-2024-apologises-any-offence-caused-by-last-supper-sketch-2024-07-28/">via Reuters</a>. “We believe this ambition was achieved.”
Amanda Harding contributed to this piece.

Candace Cameron Bure

‘Full House’ Star Defends Drag Queen Last Supper Parody After Candace Cameron Bure Blasts It

'Full House' Star Defends Drag Queen Last Supper Parody After Candace Cameron Bure Blasts It

Full House

Olympics

World

A Paris drag queen — who goes by the name Nicky Doll — &#8220;loves&#8221; people being outraged by what’s been called a blasphemous parody of The Last Supper during the 2024 Olympics opening ceremony. 
Doll — born Karl Sanchez — was one of the drag queen torch bearers for the summer Olympics and performed in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/paris-olympics-opening-ceremony-features-drag-parody-of-last-supper">The Last Supper</a> parody which had an obese woman wearing an aureole as Jesus surrounded by drag queens as the Apostles, a decapitated head representing Marie Antoinette of the French Revolution, and drag queens dancing around children.
&#8220;The opening ceremony did ruffle some feathers … and I LOVE it,&#8221; Doll wrote on his <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/paris-olympics-drag-queen-torchbearer-rips-criticism-opening-ceremony-we-aint-going-nowhere">Instagram Stories</a>.&#8221;You know why? Because the Olympics are the biggest stage in the world and us queer people have always been the audience of other people’s life and achievement and it is time that we are welcome in the space.&#8221;
&#8220;It was my absolute honor to perform in front of billions of people around the world, and celebrate our Olympians,&#8221; Doll’s post continued. &#8220;And remember, to the ones that had their feathers ruffled seeing queerness on their screen: WE AIN’T GOING NOWHERE.&#8221;
Following the backlash against the Olympics over the anti-Christian scene, Anne Descamps, a spokesperson for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games told a press conference, “If people have taken any offense we are really sorry.” 
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Today&#8217;s cover: Paris Olympics organizers apologize for ‘shocking’ drag ‘Last Supper’ tableau <a href="https://t.co/ZDh7yLPBlm">https://t.co/ZDh7yLPBlm</a> <a href="https://t.co/qMF5Cv9eGG">pic.twitter.com/qMF5Cv9eGG</a>
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&#8220;Clearly there was never an intention to show disrespect to any religious group. (The opening ceremony) tried to celebrate community tolerance,&#8221; Descamps told reporters, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/sports/olympics/paris-2024-apologises-any-offence-caused-by-last-supper-sketch-2024-07-28/">via Reuters</a>. &#8220;We believe this ambition was achieved.”
NFL kicker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/harrison-butker">Harrison Butker</a> was one of the many people who blasted the Olympics for the scene in the opening ceremony, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chiefs-kicker-harrison-butker-reacts-to-olympics-opening-ceremony-god-is-not-mocked">reported</a>.
“This is crazy,” Butker wrote on social media, along with a Bible quote.
He quoted scripture on X, writing, “Be not deceived, God is not mocked. For what things a man shall sow, those also shall he reap. For he that soweth in his flesh, of the flesh also shall reap corruption. But he that soweth in the spirit, of the spirit shall reap life everlasting.”
Thomas Jolly, creative director of the opening ceremony depictions, had <a href="https://olympics.com/en/news/opening-ceremony-paris-2024-olympics-glory-thomas-joly-artistic-director-event">this to say</a> about his vision. “The extraordinary thing is that everyone in France and the rest of the world has an idea of what France is all about. And I want to play with that, that’s where I want to start from – breaking down clichés, because clichés come along other things,” Jolly said, according to the Olympics website. 
“Above all, I want this ceremony to include everyone. We must all celebrate this diversity,” he added.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chiefs-kicker-harrison-butker-reacts-to-olympics-opening-ceremony-god-is-not-mocked" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chiefs Kicker Harrison Butker Reacts To Olympics Opening Ceremony: ‘God Is Not Mocked’</a>

Nicky Doll Drag Queen

Paris Drag Queen ‘Loves’ People Being Outraged By Blasphemous Olympic Parody

Christianity

France

Paris

Religion

CNN hosts will moderate the presidential debate on Thursday — and why not? They have such amazing journalistic credibility.
On Tuesday, CNN’s Sara Sidner interviewed a drag queen, a woman who dresses up as a man who dresses up as a woman. (This woman couldn&#8217;t just be a woman; she had to dress up as a man dressed up as a woman. We have moved beyond the boundaries of logic.) This person goes by Brigitte Bandit. During the interview, Bandit talked about how it&#8217;s a scary time to exist in America as a drag queen.
Apparently, it’s not a scary enough time in America that Bandit can’t appear on national TV wearing drag.
When I first saw this, I wondered which one of these people was the CNN anchor because CNN is so filled with clowns. A CNN anchor is interviewing a woman dressed up as a man dressed up as a cartoon woman whom we are all supposed to take very seriously. We are all supposed to worship before the power of drag and acknowledge that this is what the Founders saw when they enshrined the First Amendment. Brigitte Bandit <a href="https://twitter.com/BrigitteBandit/status/1805634853779415422" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pontificated</a>:
<blockquote>We already see so many attacks on our queer community. I already don&#8217;t feel safe in my own hometown, just dressed in drag like this. And it&#8217;s very scary for queer people to exist in a time where we see this kind of rhetoric being pushed by our lawmakers and the people who should care about other issues that actually affect the American people, other than attacking our community, our LGBTQIA+ community. It&#8217;s very disappointing and I hope for better for our country.</blockquote>
Why would people look weirdly at this person? Why? Why would you give weird looks to that person walking down the street with those eyebrows, that plastic Barbie doll stewardess outfit from 1955, and that weird eye makeup — while being a man?
Why would you look weirdly at that?
<h4><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1992-member-exclusive" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WATCH: The Ben Shapiro Show</a> </h4>
But CNN has its own perspective on this. Sidner praised the look: “The queens are calling on lawmakers to pass a national equality act. It could amend the 1964 Civil Rights Act, providing explicit protections for LGBTQ individuals. Joining me now is drag queen and activist Brigitte Bandit. Thank you, darling. Wow, what a wonderful look you have this morning. I know that took you some time.”
That&#8217;s a woman dressed as a man who is dressed as a woman.
But it&#8217;s society that has a problem, folks. It&#8217;s society and our lack of tolerance.
Bandit is “non-binary” and uses the personal pronouns “she,” “her,” “they,” and “them.”
What a country we&#8217;ve created for ourselves. George Washington would have been so proud.
Apparently CNN is.

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The Amazing Credibility Of CNN 

Ben Shapiro

Capitol Hill

Opinion

Readers Pass

Normally, it&#8217;s not a particularly big deal when various groups are invited to Washington to mark some special or ceremonial occasion. When an NFL team wins the Super Bowl, for instance, they get to go to the White House, shake hands with the president, and everyone goes about their day. The same is true when scientists are invited to celebrate their Nobel Prizes, or soldiers are honored for winning the Medal of Honor, or when families are invited to participate in the annual Easter Egg hunt. In cases like these, usually, there&#8217;s no big scandal that erupts after-the-fact. People show up, they participate in whatever the event is, and they leave.
But over the past year, one very notable exception to this rule has emerged, which is this: It&#8217;s becoming increasingly risky to invite LGBT influencers to descend on Washington.
Last summer, for example, a transgender social media personality went topless at a White House Pride Month event with children present. And then, earlier this year, a drag queen who was invited to the White House by Joe Biden and Kamala Harris was <a href="https://thepostmillennial.com/new-drag-queen-invited-to-white-house-by-joe-biden-and-kamala-harris-accused-of-sexual-assaults?utm_campaign=64470" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accused</a> of multiple sexual assaults. These are the kind of episodes that, if you&#8217;re the cynical type, might suggest that inviting prominent members of the &#8220;LGBT community&#8221; to Washington could carry some potential pitfalls. It&#8217;s the kind of thing that can backfire, in a way that other events with other guests are maybe less prone to.
Despite this sordid recent history, though, Democrats on Capitol Hill don&#8217;t seem discouraged in any way. In the spirit of inclusion, they&#8217;re continuing to encourage members of the &#8220;LGBT community&#8221; to come to Washington and make their voices heard. Just yesterday, in fact, so-called drag stars arrived in the nation&#8217;s capital to meet with lawmakers in the House of Representatives. They called it the &#8220;Drag Lobby Day.&#8221; The drag queens were there alongside the group &#8220;MoveOn Political Action&#8221; to lobby on behalf of a couple pieces of legislation.
In any event, the first bill that MoveOn and their drag queens want to see passed is called &#8220;The Equality Act,&#8221; which would make &#8220;sexual orientation and gender identity&#8221; into a protected class. The second agenda item is a resolution called the &#8220;Transgender Bill of Rights,&#8221; which according to The Hill, would &#8220;strengthen civil rights protections for trans and nonbinary Americans.&#8221; So apparently, this special class of people — which no one can even define, really — needs its own Bill of Rights. The one we have just isn&#8217;t good enough for them. They want that one, but then another one too, on top of it.
Nothing they&#8217;re requesting makes any sense, as you&#8217;ll see shortly, and as you can already predict. But first — even before we look at what these people are asking for — this whole &#8220;Drag Lobby Day&#8221; turned into a complete farce before it even began. No one could possibly have predicted that sending men in dresses to Capitol Hill to lobby for legislation would turn into a farce, but that&#8217;s what happened. Somehow, for the third time in a row, LGBT activists have managed to arrive in Washington and completely beclown themselves. 
Behold this early morning interview yesterday on CNN with one of the drag stars-turned lobbyists, who uses the name &#8220;Brigitte Bandit.&#8221; Keep in mind, as you watch this, that CNN will cut off interviews with representatives of the Trump campaign. They&#8217;ll cut away from speeches from Donald Trump. But they&#8217;ll allow interviews like this one to air — before 9:00a.m. no less, when some people are still eating their breakfast — because they&#8217;re far more important than anything the leading presidential candidate could possibly say. Watch:
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It&#8217;s very scary to dress like that, we’re told. To which a normal person responds: Okay, so then just… don’t dress like that? But Brigitte Bandit just can&#8217;t resist. And that&#8217;s real bravery. This is Brigitte Bandit&#8217;s sacrifice. It&#8217;s why we need a &#8220;Trans Bill of Rights,&#8221; supposedly. In any other decade, we&#8217;d be asking why someone like &#8220;Brigitte Bandit&#8221; would even think of dressing like this for a national television news interview. But it&#8217;s 2024, and we all know that dressing like this is how you get jobs in the White House communications department. Maybe that&#8217;s the play here.
As for the substance of what &#8220;Brigitte Bandit&#8221; said, a few points need to be made. First of all, &#8220;feeling safe&#8221; is a luxury at this point, in cities all over the country. No one has a constitutional right to &#8220;feel safe,&#8221; regardless of where they go or how they dress. If you&#8217;re going to walk around like that, trying to attract as much attention as possible, that&#8217;s not something we need a new &#8220;bill of rights&#8221; to solve. You can solve it yourself by wearing normal clothes and avoiding the hood. Those are your options.
<h4><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1395-member-exclusive" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WATCH: The Matt Walsh Show</a></h4>
Additionally, it&#8217;s actually not clear which specific lawmakers were involved in this lobbying effort. There&#8217;s the claim from &#8220;Brigitte Bandit&#8221; that both Republicans and Democrats gave an audience to these drag queen lobbyists, but it&#8217;s hard to find the names of these politicians, at least for now. There haven&#8217;t been a lot of videos coming out of this event, probably by design. And that&#8217;s too bad, because any lawmaker who had any part in inviting &#8220;Brigitte Bandit&#8221; to the nation&#8217;s capital should be impeached immediately and removed from office. That&#8217;s especially true if any Republicans were involved. 
But it doesn’t appear that very many people were involved at all, which may tell you something. As of now, one of the only members of Congress that was apparently in some way involved in this insanity was Jasmine Crockett of Texas. MoveOn claimed on their website that Crockett would meet with these drag queens, or at least participate in some kind of rally they were organizing after the fact. All we know is that on X/Twitter, Crockett responded to this picture of the three drag queens outside her office:
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You&#39;re ALWAYS welcome, queens! <a href="https://t.co/MlUrW3TOJA">https://t.co/MlUrW3TOJA</a>
&mdash; Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (@RepJasmine) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepJasmine/status/1805703694043734435?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 25, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Crockett added <a href="https://x.com/RepJasmine/status/1805703694043734435">this caption </a>to the photo: &#8220;You&#8217;re ALWAYS welcome, queens!&#8221; In a separate post, praising the outfit of &#8220;Brigitte Bandit,&#8221; Crockett <a href="https://x.com/RepJasmine/status/1805645116926820720">added</a>: &#8220;Thank you for bringing some Big Texas GLAMOUR to the Hill, sis!&#8221; 
Now, if you&#8217;ve been following Jasmine Crockett&#8217;s contributions in Congress over the past few months, you might actually be impressed by these tweets. They&#8217;re easily the most coherent, grammatically correct sentences that she&#8217;s managed to produce all year. Yet, despite MoveOn’s claims, it doesn’t appear that Crockett did meet with them at all. In fact <a href="https://x.com/repjasmine/status/1805663899712471170?s=46&amp;t=chv9Ja_gvmDx649oSGyDvw">she tweeted</a> later in the day: “So sad I missed you! Come back any time!”
So even Crockett didn’t want to be seen with these people. Instead she let them take a picture in front of her door, and that was it. Later that day the drag queen held a rally on the lawn of the Capitol building. I can’t find a single video of this event — I’m not saying the videos don’t exist, but I couldn’t find a single one. But the Spectator was on the ground and they report that “around 30” people showed up for the rally. It seems pretty clear that even the Democrats are starting to feel embarrassed by all of this. They recognize that the American people do not want drag queens setting the agenda in Washington. The American people want normalcy, and drag queens stand for the opposite of that. 
But not everyone in that party has gotten that memo. In fact this &#8220;Brigitte Bandit&#8221; character recently spoke at the Texas Democratic convention. And as part of that whole process, some of Brigitte&#8217;s <a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GPp04ULWQAAdR44?format=jpg&amp;name=900x900" target="_blank" rel="noopener">social media posts</a> attracted a lot of attention. In particular, the one that reads: &#8220;I hate America but I love this bikini.&#8221;
A lot of people saw this post and had some questions for the Texas Democratic Convention. Why would we want this person to deliver any kind of lecture about American policy at a political convention? This is someone who admits to hating America — and that’s not even the most troubling thing about him. But they went ahead and invited &#8220;Brigitte Bandit&#8221; to speak at this convention in Texas anyway. Here&#8217;s part of the speech that resulted:
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It goes on, but you get the idea. It&#8217;s the same stock speech you hear all the time from trans activists. It&#8217;s inaccurate, nonsensical, dishonest, and not remotely original. It boils down to: inject children with sterilizing hormones to affirm them, or you&#8217;re killing them. This is the kind of insight that the Texas Democratic Convention apparently desperately wanted to hear. This is the caliber of lobbyist that now walks the halls of the Capitol building.
It only gets worse when you look closely at the proposals that these &#8220;drag performers&#8221; want to pass. Let&#8217;s take the <a href="https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sen-markey-and-rep-jayapal-introduce-the-trans-bill-of-rights-ahead-of-international-transgender-day-of-visibility">&#8220;Transgender Bill of Rights</a>&#8221; first. Apparently, this resolution would:
<blockquote>&#8230;ensure that transgender and nonbinary people have access to services and public accommodations by amending the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include gender identity.</blockquote>
Apparently, there&#8217;s a lot of trans-identifying individuals who are being refused public accommodations in this country. You may have never heard of this happening, because it&#8217;s not true. But that&#8217;s the claim the drag queen lobbyists are making.
But that&#8217;s not the only reason to pass this new bill of rights, according to these lobbyists. It&#8217;s also important, they say, because too few men are competing in women&#8217;s sports. Therefore, the new bill of rights will, &#8220;Amend Title IX to clarify that it protects students from discrimination based on gender identity and sex characteristics.&#8221; In other words, women&#8217;s sports would be outlawed.
For good measure, this new bill of rights would also, &#8220;codify the right to abortion and contraception,&#8221; as well as &#8220;invest in mental health services designed for transgender and nonbinary people.&#8221; It would also &#8220;require the Attorney General to designate a liaison within the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice dedicated to advising and overseeing enforcement of the civil rights of transgender people.&#8221; So we&#8217;d get more bureaucracy and abortion — two things that Democrats think we can never have enough of.
The other piece of legislation these activists want — The Equality Act — would rewrite even more of our existing laws. According to the activist group <a href="https://www.hrc.org/resources/equality" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HRC</a>: 
<blockquote>The Equality Act would amend existing civil rights law—including the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Fair Housing Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Jury Selection and Services Act, and several laws regarding employment with the federal government—to explicitly include sexual orientation and gender identity as protected characteristics. The legislation also amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit discrimination in public spaces and services and federally funded programs on the basis of sex. Additionally, the Equality Act would update the public spaces and services covered in current law to include retail stores, services such as banks and legal services, and transportation services.</blockquote>
Again, we&#8217;re meant to conclude that Citibank and Walmart are turning away customers who claim to be transgender. The point of legislation like this, in case it&#8217;s not obvious, is to create a wave of new lawsuits that badger people into giving special treatment to &#8220;LGBTQ&#8221; customers and employees. If you have an LGTBQ employee who starts acting crazy, laws like this would make it virtually impossible to fire them. That&#8217;s the point. The goal is to empower activists. It&#8217;s to allow some of the least productive members of society to go after people who are actually contributing. In every way, this is contrary to the stated goal of the so-called LGBTQ movement from 20 years ago, which was to ensure that everyone had &#8220;equal rights.&#8221; As any sane person could have predicted, that&#8217;s out the window now.
For what it&#8217;s worth, none of this makes any sense under the law, either. As I discussed yesterday in the context of the Supreme Court case involving Tennessee&#8217;s ban on child castration, the idea that &#8220;gender identity&#8221; is a &#8220;protected characteristic&#8221; doesn&#8217;t work. Protected characteristics under civil rights law are things that are obvious, immutable, or distinguishing. And there is nothing about transgender identity identities that are obvious, immutable or distinguishing. These people claim that they can change their gender overnight.
All of that&#8217;s especially true for the &#8220;identities&#8221; of drag queens. They can just put on a new costume and change their &#8220;identity.&#8221; That&#8217;s why it&#8217;s actually kind of incredible that drag queens, of all people, are the ones lobbying for this legislation. Drag queens don&#8217;t even claim to actually identify as the female characters they play — which means that, in this case, they&#8217;re effectively calling for special legal protections for fictional characters. It&#8217;s no different than the furry community lobbying Congress for legal recognition (which I&#8217;m sure is where we&#8217;re headed).
This is what happens when you start haphazardly amending laws that were already imperfect to being with. At the very least, the word &#8220;immutable&#8221; used to mean something. It theoretically created some kind of limit on the number of special, protected categories the government could create. Now &#8220;Brigitte Bandit&#8221; and some other drag queens want to get rid of that. They want the government to continue creating preferred groups and showering them with benefits. People who admit that they hate America are showing up in costumes to make this argument, and elected members of Congress and the media are listening to them and taking them seriously (or at least pretending to).
That&#8217;s the &#8220;Drag Lobby Day,&#8221; summarized. No one exposed himself to children or got accused of sexual assault. So in that sense, it was an improvement from previous excursions to Washington. But if this lobbying effort was remotely successful — even if the Democrats were clearly embarrassed by it — then there&#8217;s a very good chance we&#8217;ll all have to deal with the consequences of this insanity very soon.

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