{"id":1933688,"date":"2023-05-19T00:51:26","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T04:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-rep-roy-urges-gop-to-withhold-support-for-military-funding-over-pride-declaration-whats-next-rainbow-uniforms\/"},"modified":"2023-05-19T00:53:31","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T04:53:31","slug":"gop-rep-roy-urges-gop-to-withhold-support-for-military-funding-over-pride-declaration-whats-next-rainbow-uniforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-rep-roy-urges-gop-to-withhold-support-for-military-funding-over-pride-declaration-whats-next-rainbow-uniforms\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Rep. Roy opposes military funding due to pride declaration, questions possibility of rainbow uniforms."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fgop-rep-roy-urges-gop-to-withhold-support-for-military-funding-over-pride-declaration-whats-next-rainbow-uniforms%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=1933688&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--><h2>Rep. Chip Roy Urges GOP to Withhold Military Funding Over LGBT Pride Declarations<\/h2>\n<h3>Background<\/h3>\n<p>Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) has called on the GOP to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-senator-tammy-duckworth-drops-threat-to-block-biden-nominees-over-diversity-concerns\/\" title=\"Dem Senator Tammy Duckworth Drops Threat To Block Biden Nominees Over Diversity Concerns\">withhold support<\/a> for crucial military funding due to the Air Force&#8217;s recent LGBT pride declarations. Roy made the declaration after his office received several statements from the military urging the celebration of LGBT holidays. A May 3 memo from the Air Force told commanders to &#8220;plan and conduct appropriate activities in honor of Pride Month,&#8221; and a flyer from Robins Air Force Base in Georgia advertised &#8220;Pride Game Night&#8221; on June 1. These items, along with increasing rhetoric praising the LGBT community coming from the military, led Roy to urge Republicans to take drastic action to put a stop to it.<\/p>\n<h3>Roy&#8217;s Statement<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;What&#8217;s next, rainbow uniforms during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/p-is-full-of-pride-nickelodeons-blues-clues-pushes-lgbtq-message\/\" title=\"\u2018P Is Full Of Pride\u2019: Nickelodeon\u2019s \u2018Blues Clues\u2019 Pushes LGBTQ Message\">pride month<\/a>?&#8221; Roy said in a statement to Fox News. &#8220;The Air Force and Defense Department sanctions this ridiculous use of taxpayer dollars and then expects members of Congress who represent Americans who are livid about this stuff to green light an $800 billion-plus DOD budget. If DOD doesn\u2019t put a stop to these kinds of divisive, and frankly embarrassing, DOD events, Republicans should pull support for this year\u2019s [National Defense Authorization Act].&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>The National Defense Authorization Act<\/h3>\n<p>Roy was referring to the National Defense Authorization Act, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massachusetts-dems-push-to-double-alcohol-tax\/\" title=\"Massachusetts Dems Push To Double Alcohol Tax\">annual budget proposal<\/a> that needs approval from Congress. Last year&#8217;s NDAA included $847 billion. Republicans, historically the most hawkish on military spending, have shown more hesitancy in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-teacher-sues-school-board-after-being-fired-he-refused-to-compromise-on-trans-pronouns\/\" title=\"Flashback: Teacher Sues School Board After Being Fired \u2013 He Refused To Compromise on Trans Pronouns\">recent years<\/a> as the command of the armed forces has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-rep-roy-urges-gop-to-withhold-support-for-military-funding-over-pride-declaration-whats-next-rainbow-uniforms\/\" title=\"GOP Rep. Roy opposes military funding due to pride declaration, questions possibility of rainbow uniforms.\">increasingly pushed socially progressive rhetoric<\/a> and events.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>Rep. Chip Roy&#8217;s call to withhold military funding over LGBT pride declarations has sparked controversy. While some agree with Roy&#8217;s stance, others argue that the military should be inclusive and celebrate diversity. The debate over military spending and social issues is likely to continue as the National Defense Authorization Act comes up for approval.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use of taxpayer dollars for LGBT pride events<\/li>\n<li>Call to withhold military funding<\/li>\n<li>Controversy over inclusivity and diversity in the military<\/li>\n<li>Debate over military spending and social issues<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) called on the GOP to withhold vital military funding due to the Air Force&#8217;s LGBT pride declarations. Roy&#8217;s office received multiple military statements encouraging the celebration of LGBT holidays. An Air Force memo on May 3 instructed commanders to &#8220;plan and conduct&#8221; such events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1933689,"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":[538],"tags":[14994,6513,6203,4505,14777,5003,6575,4245,23491,7129,10107,11551],"class_list":["post-1933688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-declaration","tag-funding","tag-gop","tag-military","tag-opposes","tag-possibility","tag-pride","tag-questions","tag-rainbow","tag-rep","tag-roy","tag-uniforms"],"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\/1933688","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=1933688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1933688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1933689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1933688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1933688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1933688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}