{"id":1942183,"date":"2023-06-01T18:01:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T22:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-makes-air-force-base-cancel-drag-show-following-republican-pressure\/"},"modified":"2023-06-01T18:02:57","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T22:02:57","slug":"pentagon-makes-air-force-base-cancel-drag-show-following-republican-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-makes-air-force-base-cancel-drag-show-following-republican-pressure\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon cancels Air Force Base drag show due to Republican pressure."},"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\">22<\/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%2Fpentagon-makes-air-force-base-cancel-drag-show-following-republican-pressure%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=1942183&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--><section id=\"article\">\n<article>\n<h2>Pentagon Cancels Drag Show After Republican Pressure<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Pentagon canceled a drag show scheduled to take place at an Air Force base in Nevada after Rep. Matt Gaetz (R., Fla.) flagged the event. The show, which was billed as &#8220;family-friendly&#8221; and had no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-lee-leads-fight-asking-cdc-why-children-forced-to-wear-masks\/\" title=\"Mike Lee Leads Fight Asking CDC Why Children Forced To Wear Masks\">minimum age requirement<\/a>, was scheduled to take place on June 1 at Nellis Air Force Base.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.gettyimages.com\/photos\/rep-matt-gaetz-speaks-during-a-hearing-before-the-house-judiciary-picture-id1231867585\" alt=\"Rep. Matt Gaetz (R., Fla.)\"><figcaption>Rep. Matt Gaetz (R., Fla.) \/ Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Pentagon had previously denied that any taxpayer funds were used to organize such events, but in a May letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, Gaetz identified six drag shows, including the June 1 event, held or scheduled to be held at military installations. Six days after Gaetz sent the letter, the Pentagon canceled the drag show at the Nevada Air Force base.<\/p>\n<h3>Conservative Pushback Against Progressive Initiatives<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Organizers canceled LGBTQ+ Pride events in Florida after Governor Ron DeSantis (R., Fla.) signed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-makes-air-force-base-cancel-drag-show-following-republican-pressure\/\" title=\"Pentagon cancels Air Force Base drag show due to Republican pressure.\">bill prohibiting minors<\/a> from being present at &#8220;adult live performances&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Target removed some of its Pride apparel following backlash over transgender children&#8217;s swimsuits and a designer who identifies as a Satanist<\/li>\n<li>Bud Light sales have plunged following the brand\u2019s partnership with transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In March, Gaetz questioned Austin about the Department of Defense funding drag queen story hours during a House Armed Services Committee hearing. Austin denied that department funds were being used to put on such events. In his May letter contradicting Austin\u2019s statement, Gaetz questioned why these six scheduled events had been approved given Austin\u2019s testimony stating that the DOD did not fund drag shows.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;I find it completely unacceptable that DoD is using taxpayer dollars to fund DEI programs that are divisive in nature,&#8221; Gaetz wrote. &#8220;DoD resources should be used for mission-essential operations, not diverted toward initiatives that create cultural fissures within our service ranks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Hosting these types of events in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-blocks-biden-vaccine-mandate-for-businesses-with-100-employees\/\" title=\"Supreme Court blocks Biden vaccine mandate for businesses with 100+ employees\">federally funded facilities<\/a> is not a suitable use of DOD resources,&#8221; deputy Pentagon press secretary Sabrina Singh said Wednesday. &#8220;Our Service members are diverse and are allowed to have personal outlets.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>place at an Air Force base in Nevada. However, it was canceled by the Pentagon after Rep. Matt Gaetz (R., Fla.) raised concerns about the event. Gaetz claimed that the show was advertised as &#8220;family-friendly&#8221; and had no age restrictions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":894,"featured_media":1942184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[],"tags":[6229,6573,4548,7069,4649,3761,4150,3911],"class_list":["post-1942183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-air","tag-base","tag-cancels","tag-drag","tag-force","tag-pentagon","tag-pressure","tag-republican"],"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\/1942183","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\/894"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1942183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1942183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1942184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1942183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1942183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1942183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}