{"id":2259023,"date":"2024-06-03T20:49:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T00:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/air-force-hired-drag-queen-for-bingo-glow-party-invoice-reveals\/"},"modified":"2024-06-03T20:51:32","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T00:51:32","slug":"air-force-hired-drag-queen-for-bingo-glow-party-invoice-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/air-force-hired-drag-queen-for-bingo-glow-party-invoice-reveals\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Force Contracts Drag Queen for Bingo and Glow Party, Revealed in Invoice"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fair-force-hired-drag-queen-for-bingo-glow-party-invoice-reveals%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=2259023&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>The Air Force&#8217;s expenditure of taxpayer \u2062funds\u200c on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-teacher-praises-transgender-activist-sex-worker-in-front-of-middle-schoolers\/\" title=\"Minnesota Teacher Praises Transgender Activist, Sex Worker In Front Of Middle Schoolers\">drag queen<\/a> for &#8220;drag bingo&#8221; and a &#8220;glow party&#8221; has sparked controversy. The 423rd \u2064Support Squadron\u2062 at RAF Alconbury Air Base in \u2063England hired drag\u2063 queen \u2063&#8221;Miss \u200dLexi Andrews&#8221; \u2063for the events on \u2064June 23 and 24, 2022. This revelation, obtained through an investigation by\u200d CatholicVote\u200d Civil Action and Judicial Watch, raises concerns\u200b over the\u2062 military&#8217;s allocation \u2062of resources towards promoting drag queen events.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/u-s-air-force\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Air Force<\/a> spent hundreds of taxpayer dollars to hire a drag queen for \u201cdrag bingo\u201d and a \u201cglow party,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/immigration-expert-blasts-biden-admin-over-claims-on-border-crisis-an-offense-to-human-intelligence\/\" title=\"Immigration Expert Blasts Biden Admin Over Claims On Border Crisis: \u2018An Offense To Human Intelligence\u2019\">internal documents obtained<\/a> by Judicial Watch. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Drag queen \u201cMiss Lexi Andrews\u201d was hired by the 423rd Support Squadron at the RAF Alconbury Air Base in England for a \u201cdrag bingo\u201d event on June 23, 2022, and a \u201cglow party\u201d on June 24, 2022, an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.judicialwatch.org\/documents\/dod-drag-shows-may-2024-pg-27\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">invoice<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  obtained by Judicial Watch through a freedom of information request shows. The cost for the \u201cbingo\u201d event was $150 while the \u201cglow party\u201d ran the Air Force $250. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The invoice was obtained as part of an investigation by CatholicVote Civil Action and Judicial Watch into the Air Force\u2019s promotion of drag queens, which <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/air-force-base-cancels-drag-queen-story-hour-event-after-public-outcry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">made headlines<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  two years ago after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/toronto-public-library-eliminates-late-fees-to-combat-racial-inequity\/\" title=\"Toronto Public Library Eliminates Late Fees To Combat Racial Inequity\">drag queen story hour<\/a> for children \u2014 scheduled to be held at an American air base in Germany \u2014 was canceled following public outcry. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cHow on Earth is it appropriate to spend our limited defense dollars on promoting these sexually themed events for children and adults rather than on advancing the military\u2019s mission,\u201d said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. \u201cAs we see in these troubling Air Force records, our nation\u2019s military is being ruined by woke ideology.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_745773\" style=\"width: 492px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-745773\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Invoice: Judicial Watch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMiss Lexi Andrews\u201d is a Washington, D.C., based \u201cinternationally performing\u201d drag queen and author, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lexi__andrews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">according<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  to his social media pages, The Daily Caller first reported. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Other <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.judicialwatch.org\/documents\/dod-drag-shows-may-2024-pgs-3-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">documents<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  sent by the Defense Department to Judicial Watch include promotions of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-middle-schoolers-awarded-2000-from-district-for-student-drag-show\/\" title=\"Washington Middle Schoolers Awarded ,000 From District for Student Drag Show\">drag events<\/a> at U.S. Military bases, including a story hour in Ramstein, Germany by \u201cour local Drag King, Sauvage.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to promotional materials, one of the books to be read was called \u201cThe HIPS on the DRAG QUEEN Go Swish, Swish, Swish.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another event advertised by the 86th Force Support Squadron in Germany for those 18 and up was \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.judicialwatch.org\/documents\/dod-drag-shows-may-2024-pg-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Drag Karaoke<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d at \u201cClub E\u201d with a \u201cspecial guest from Monarchy of RoyalTEA.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The promotion of the drag events drew <a href=\"https:\/\/www.judicialwatch.org\/air-force-drag-story-time\/\">sharp criticism<\/a> from CatholicVote Senior Advisor Tim Huelskamp.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe Department of Defense has once again proven that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brave-whistleblower-space-force-commander-fired-for-calling-out-marxist-ideology-infiltrating-military\/\" title=\"\u2018Brave Whistleblower\u2019: Space Force Commander Fired For Calling Out Marxist Ideology Infiltrating Military\u00a0\">radical leftist ideology<\/a> is more important than military preparedness and protecting Americans from tangible threats at home and abroad,\u201d Huelskamp said. \u201cAfter an entire year of stonewalling, the DOD finally returned materials from just one command in one branch, which confirmed what we feared \u2013 that taxpayer funds were being used to promote drag shows and radical gender ideology on military bases, with full approval from Air Force leadership.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to internal documents from Judicial Watch, the Air Force at RAF Alconbury Air Base in England spent taxpayer dollars on hiring drag queen &#8220;Miss Lexi Andrews&#8221; for a &#8220;drag bingo&#8221; event. The 423rd Support Squadron organized the event, including a &#8220;glow party,&#8221; raising concerns over the expenditure<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":2259025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/06\/MixCollage-03-Jun-2024-04-43-PM-2159.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2259023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/06\/MixCollage-03-Jun-2024-04-43-PM-2159.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2259023","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\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2259023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2259023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2259025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2259023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2259023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2259023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}