56 Retired Generals, Admirals Publicly Slam Trump’s Transgender Ban

56 Retired Generals, Admirals Publicly Slam Trump’s Transgender Ban

56 Generals and Admirals just told Trump to shove his trans ban somewhere.

Donald Trump’s ban on transgender troops is continuing to face an aggressive public backlash. And Tuesday a group 56 retired generals and admirals issued a statement publically criticizing Trump’s order.

The military leaders argue, as others have, that Trump’s ban on transgender troops would be disruptive and degrade military readiness contradicting Trump’s assertion.

“This proposed ban, if implemented, would cause significant disruptions, deprive the military of mission-critical talent, and compromise the integrity of transgender troops who would be forced to live a lie, as well as non-transgender peers who would be forced to choose between reporting their comrades or disobeying policy,” the retired officers said in a statement released Tuesday.

“As a result, the proposed ban would degrade readiness even more than the failed ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy. Patriotic transgender Americans who are serving — and who want to serve — must not be dismissed, deprived of medically necessary health care, or forced to compromise their integrity or hide their identity.”

Later in the statement the military leaders went on to say, “And Admiral Mike Mullen stated that, ‘I led our armed forces under the flawed ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy and saw firsthand the harm to readiness and morale when we fail to treat all service members according to the same standards. Thousands of transgender Americans are currently serving in
uniform and there is no reason to single out these brave men and women and deny them the medical care that they require. The military conducted a thorough research process on this issue and concluded that inclusive policy for transgender troops promotes readiness.’ Admiral Mullen urged civilian leaders ‘to respect the military’s judgment and not to breach the faith of service members who defend our freedoms.’ We could not agree more.”

Read the full statement here:

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