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Critics explode over US Navy’s use of drag queen to solve recruiting crisis: ‘What NOT to do’

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Critics explode over US Navy’s use of drag queen to solve recruiting crisis: ‘What NOT to do’

Critics lambasted the U.S. Navy Wednesday over its use of a “drag queen influencer” to help persuade new recruits to join the military amid a massive recruitment crisis.

News broke earlier in the day that Yeoman 2nd Class Joshua Kelley, who goes by the stage name “Harpy Daniels” and identifies as non-binary, was a “Digital Ambassador” in the Navy’s pilot program to attract new recruits.

The revelations set off explosive reactions from lawmakers and former members of the U.S. military alike.

“Woke, partisan officials are projecting weakness abroad and divisiveness at home. The recruitment shortage is a serious crisis that we must address with serious solutions. TikTok videos of drag queens are just making a bad problem worse,” Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., who serves as the chair of the House Military Personnel Subcommittee, told Fox News Digital.

A staff member for Banks told Fox that the congressman reached out to the Navy over Kelley’s account in March, but didn’t hear back from the branch on its use of the drag queen until recently.

“Maybe the Navy should talk to Bud Light marketing and exchange notes about what NOT to do,” Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, a former Navy SEAL, wrote on social media, referencing the recent controversy with the beer brand over its use of transgender personality Dylan Mulvaney in a marketing campaign that backfired.

Former Republican Senate candidate and combat veteran Sean Parnell wrote on Twitter, “The Navy is using a drag queen to boost sinking recruitment numbers…& wondering why numbers are in the tank. This woke BS is destroying our military,” while former Republican congressional candidate Hung Cao, a Navy veteran, said he was “at a loss for words.” . . . . (read more on Fox News)

 

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