Monday, July 26, 2021

In GOPworld, men harassing women is OK; arming and training them like men, not so much.

Of course, I could have gone with "aiding and abetting a crime is an expression of party loyalty; holding someone accountable for their acts is an expression of party disloyalty."


Explains the fealty to Cheeto.


From AP-

Far right tugs at North Dakota Republican Party


An effort to recall a Republican legislator largely over his vote to

 

expel a fellow GOP lawmaker accused of sexually harassing

 

women at the state Capitol is being viewed as a litmus test for

 

party loyalty, the state GOP ’s new chairman said.

The move to recall Rep. Dwight Kiefert over his vote to oust former

 

Rep. Luke Simons has fanned the flames of an intraparty fight

 

that has a far-right faction seeking to control the party

 

apparatus and replace Republicans they see as too moderate.

Yet...

From Roll Call -

Conservatives riled up over registering women for draft

Conservatives are expressing outrage about a pending Senate defense policy bill that would require women to register for the draft, and two defense hawks opposed the measure in the Armed Services Committee over the issue.

The Senate’s National Defense Authorization Act, which the committee approved on July 21, contains an amendment by the panel’s chairman, Jack Reed of Rhode Island, that would require women to sign up with Selective Service, just as men do between the ages of 18 and 25. If enacted, women could be drafted into military service in the event of a national emergency, though there is no prospect of that on the horizon, and no American has been drafted in nearly half a century.

Nice two step there.


The Senate Armed Service summary of the NDAA is here.

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