“HUGE VICTORY,” Rep. Matt Gaetz tweeted after news of the event’s cancellation.
event at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, reportedly told the Air Force that it was not Pentagon policy to fund drag shows and that the event on Thursday shouldn’t take place on a base.
The top military officials had previously been grilled about drag shows on bases byat a House Armed Services Committee hearing in March. “HUGE VICTORY,” Gaetz tweeted after news of the event’s cancellation. “The Department of Defense has CANCELED a scheduled ‘child-friendly’ drag show after I demanded answers from [Austin and Milley]!” he added.
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