Conservative lawmakers of the House Freedom Caucus spoke out to denounce a defense bill that will require women to register for the military draft if it is ever reinstated.
Republicans in the House Freedom Caucus held a news conference on Wednesday to speak out against the “left-wing, woke agenda” for teenage girls to register for the Selective Service System.
Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL) accused the Swamp of trying to “sneak in” the provision and “hope no one notices.”
“This defense authorization, for the first time in our history, would require teenage girls to register for the draft,” she said. “No one knows about this because the Democrats have convinced the media that gender no longer exists so this isn’t a big deal.”
“But I want to make sure the American people know, the Democrats and, sadly, some Republicans want to draft your daughters,” Miller continued. “This is left-wing, woke agenda gone too far.”
Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) had a stark warning for lawmakers: “If you vote for the NDAA, you are voting to draft our daughters. There is no other position you can take.”
“Under no circumstances should a civilized country, the United States of America, with the ability to have a volunteer force with the size and the caliber and the strength we have say that we’re going to force women into being drafted into the United States military,” he continued.
He argued that he didn’t trust the White House to not draft girls after the debacle that just unfolded in Afghanistan.
“The NDAA is supposed to be about defending the United States of America, not engaging in social engineering experiments, destroying the Department of Defense and saying that we have to draft my ten-year-old daughter,” he claimed.
“I cannot put into words the extent to which that idea angers me and undermines who we are as a nation and I cannot believe that House Republicans are sweeping it aside, sweeping it under the rug, refusing to talk about it while they blindly march forward saying the ‘conference’ supports passage of the NDAA.”
The following day, the $768 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passed in the House with the votes of 181 Democrats and 135 Republicans.
