Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth introduced on Tuesday that he ended the Girls, Peace and Safety program inside the Pentagon, disparaging the initiative that ensures ladies are a part of peace-building efforts internationally as “woke.”
“This morning, I proudly ENDED the “Girls, Peace & Safety” (WPS) program contained in the @DeptofDefense,” the embattled Hegseth wrote in a publish on X. “WPS is yet one more woke divisive/social justice/Biden initiative that overburdens our commanders and troops—distracting from our core activity: WAR-FIGHTING.”
Hegseth continued his hysterical criticism of this system.
“WPS is a UNITED NATIONS program pushed by feminists and left-wing activists. Politicians fawn over it; troops HATE it,” he seethed. “DoD will hereby govt [sic] the minimal of WPS required by statute, and struggle to finish this system for our subsequent funds. GOOD RIDDANCE WPS!”
After all, it was Donald Trump who in 2017 signed WPS into legislation. In 2019, the Trump administration touted the success of this system, which it stated “goals to advertise the significant inclusion of ladies in processes to stop, mitigate, resolve, and get better from lethal battle or catastrophe.”
A Girls for Trump press launch pointed to the passage of WPS as one of many causes Trump was pro-woman (hah!).
What’s extra, the legislation was written by Trump Homeland Safety Secretary Kristi Noem when she served within the Home, and was co-sponsored by Trump Secretary of State Marco Rubio when he served within the Senate.
The legislation was so uncontroversial that it handed by voice vote in each the Home and Senate, with none lawmakers objecting to its passage.
Rubio even touted this system only a few days in the past on the Worldwide Girls of Braveness occasion on April 1.
“President Trump additionally signed the Girls, Peace and Safety Act, a invoice that I used to be very proud to have been a co-sponsor of once I was within the Senate, and it was the primary complete legislation handed in any nation on this planet— first legislation handed by any nation wherever on this planet—centered on defending ladies and selling their participation in society,” Rubio stated.
Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, was additionally very happy with WPS, celebrating its passage in 2017 and later its implementation.
“By recognizing the varied roles ladies play throughout the spectrum of battle — and by incorporating their views all through plans and operations — DOD is best geared up to advertise our safety, confront near-peer rivals, and defeat our adversaries,” former Trump Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Rath Hoffman stated in 2020 whereas touting the success of the WPS program.
However now Hegseth, an accused sexual abuser and misogynist who has attacked the inclusion of ladies within the army, stated he is ending it.
Democrats slammed Hegseth for saying he’s killing this system.
“Pricey @PeteHegseth: Please cease spewing bullshit. The WPS program was authored by GOP Rep Noem throughout the first Trump Administration in 2017. It was bipartisan and signed into legislation by Trump. Oh, and the way is your make-up immediately? Did you utilize your taxpayer-funded Pentagon make-up studio?” Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) wrote in a publish on X.
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After it was identified that WPS is a Trump initiative and never a Biden one, Hegseth needed to defend his choice to go after this system as a part of his nonsensical warfare on “woke.”
“The woke & weak Biden Administration distorted & weaponized the straight-forward & security-focused WPS initiative launched in 2017. So—sure—we’re ending the ‘woke divisive/social justice/Biden (WPS) initiative.’ Biden ruined EVERYTHING, together with ‘Girls, Peace & Safety,’” Hegseth wrote.
In the end, that is yet one more occasion of the unqualified buffoon main the Pentagon placing his foot in his mouth.
Hegseth got here below hearth in March when he eliminated net pages that celebrated numerous army veterans similar to Main League Baseball legend Jackie Robinson, Civil Rights icon Medgar Evers, and even a picture of the Enola Homosexual airplane that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan throughout World Conflict II. The pages had been eliminated as a result of they contained references to phrases deemed inappropriate below the Trump administration’s effort to finish variety, fairness, and inclusion initiatives—the dreaded DEI bogeyman.
It actually appears that Hegseth’s warfare on DEI can also be why he moved to cancel WPS.
Had he carried out any analysis by any means on WPS to see that it was Trump who created this system, possibly he wouldn’t have yet one more foot-in-mouth scenario on his fingers.
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