{"id":1706022,"date":"2022-10-21T14:18:39","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T18:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1706022"},"modified":"2022-10-21T14:19:05","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T18:19:05","slug":"new-american-values-biden-admin-funding-ecuadorian-drag-shows-for-diversity-and-inclusion-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-american-values-biden-admin-funding-ecuadorian-drag-shows-for-diversity-and-inclusion-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"New American Values: Biden Admin. Funding Ecuadorian Drag Shows For \u2018Diversity And Inclusion\u2019 Efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-american-values-biden-admin-funding-ecuadorian-drag-shows-for-diversity-and-inclusion-efforts%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1706022&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/biden-administration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden administration<\/a>, drag shows are as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/american-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American<\/a> as apple pie.<\/p>\n<p>This week, Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/state-department-funding-drag-theater-performances-ecuador-promote-diversity-inclusion\">revealed<\/a> that United States taxpayers\u2019 have been funding \u201cdrag shows\u201d in Ecuador to promote \u201cdiversity and inclusion efforts\u201d via the State Department.<\/p>\n<p>In late September, the State Department awarded a $20,600 grant to the non-profit Centro Ecuatoriano Norteamericano (CEN), Fox News\u2019 Jessica Chasmar reported. That money will be used for \u201c3 workshops,\u201d \u201c12 drag theater performances,\u201d and a \u201c2-minute documentary,\u201d according to the grant\u2019s description. The project runs until August 31, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the State Department exists to \u201cprotect and promote U.S. security, prosperity, and democratic values and shape an international environment in which all Americans can thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So what do<a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/interest-in-drag-queen-story-hours-wanes-after-theyre-renamed-more-accurate-man-wearing-lingerie-wants-to-spend-time-with-your-kids-hour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0men wearing lingerie<\/a> and make-up while pretending to be grotesque women have to do with any of those goals?<\/p>\n<p>Well, if you were to ask folks like Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) drag queens and their \u201cfreedom of expression is what America is all about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It was an honor to make an appearance on episode 5 of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RuPaulsDragRace?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RuPaulsDragRace<\/a> All Stars 7 this week. I was inspired by the contestants because they know their power. Their freedom of expression is what America is all about. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PrideMonth?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PrideMonth<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d5D7wubRKp\">pic.twitter.com\/d5D7wubRKp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerPelosi\/status\/1535801416035475456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) similarly praised these weirdos, saying, \u201cThe people who change what people think are artists and Drag Queens\u2026 It starts with you. You\u2019re patriots. You are. You are. You are patriots. I\u2019m so proud of you all. I\u2019m so proud to live in this country with you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AOC<\/a>: Drag Queens are Patriots. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1otFVUnLoM\">pic.twitter.com\/1otFVUnLoM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sebastian Gorka DrG (@SebGorka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SebGorka\/status\/1554810012404486144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AOC usually derides the patriarchy. Yet it seems the only men she respects are the ones who make a mockery of femininity.<\/p>\n<p>Other Democrats concur with that, and now the State Department\u2019s official messaging is that drag shows are essential to spreading American values around the globe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe program will advance key U.S. values of diversity and the inclusion of LGBTQI+ communities as well as promote the acceptance of communities that are disproportionately affected by violence,\u201d a State Department official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/fact-check-biden-administration-funding-drag-shows-ecuador-1753649\">told<\/a> Newsweek.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, if you disagree with these programs, you are an anti-American individual who wants violence.<\/p>\n<p>That, of course, isn\u2019t true, but if you wonder why the feds can\u2019t just promote our founding ideals of freedom and equality \u2014 then you haven\u2019t been paying attention.<\/p>\n<p>For the Woke in charge, it is no longer enough to advance the idea that all men are created equal, endowed with inalienable rights from their Creator. America now has to push leftist social norms like the idea that drag queens should be celebrated.<\/p>\n<p>You have to accept it, or you are branded a bigot.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps more shockingly, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/dallas-gay-bars-drag-show-for-kids-obscene-sign-draws-angry-protests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">numerous communities throughout the U.S.<\/a>\u00a0applaud that sort of behavior \u2014 including when it is forced upon the most vulnerable among us.<\/p>\n<p>Across the country, kids are subjected to \u201cfamily-friendly\u201d drag shows that feature <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=698320784796490\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">promiscuous dancing<\/a> in front of \u2014 and sometimes with \u2014 minors as adults clap along.<\/p>\n<p>The scenes are always a hideous destruction of innocence. These atrocities are child abuse, but that doesn\u2019t matter to Leftists.<\/p>\n<p>What is important is that the entire globe accepts their worldview and idea of \u201cdiversity and inclusion.\u201d Drag shows, according to the Biden administration, are part of the new set of American values.<\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the Biden administration, drag shows are as American as apple pie. This week, Fox News revealed that United States taxpayers\u2019 have been funding \u201cdrag shows\u201d in Ecuador to promote \u201cdiversity and inclusion efforts\u201d via the State Department. In late September, the State Department awarded a $20,600 grant to the non-profit Centro Ecuatoriano Norteamericano &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1706029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1706022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1706022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1706022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1706022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1706029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1706022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1706022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1706022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}