Thread by @chiproytx

At 930AM, the @SenateGOP on the Armed Services Committee began debate (in private) on the #NDAA. There will likely be an amendment, again, to draft our daughters. Last year, several GOP Senators voted yes. That was asinine. They should not do it again… (1/5)

Those voting no last year:
James Inhofe
Wicker, Roger
Cotton, Tom
Hawley, Josh
Rounds, Mike

Voted YES (or Not Present) last year:
Fischer, Deb
Ernst, Joni
Tillis, Thom
Sullivan, Dan
Cramer, Kevin
Scott, Rick
Blackburn, Marsha
Tuberville, Tommy

(2/5)

… Absurd that @GOP is even considering advancing a bill that harms military readiness by ignoring biology - data shows on average among volunteers that males are more effective in combat. One study by Marines ($36 million) showed all male units outperformed mixed units… (3/5)

…More recently, the Army decided to drop the gender-neutral standards for the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) after nearly 50% of female soldiers could not pass previous versions of the test. Republicans should not facilitate & conservatives… (4/5)

…should not stand by while Congress – in the name of “national defense” - green lights a future that cripples the American family & undermines our defense… by sending our mothers and daughters to the frontlines of our battles while dads & sons are at home… (5/5)