More than 50 House Democrats sign letter urging Mattis to reject Trump’s trans military banLittle more than a week after Trump proposed via Twitter an all-out ban on transgender people serving in the United States military,more than 50 House Democrats have reach together to urge Secretary of Defense James Mattis and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford against enacting the ban.
In a Friday letter to Mattis and Dunford, the lawmakers wrote:As members of Congress with an abiding interest in our nation’s military and its policies towards the LGBTQ community, and we write to not only express our strong opposition to President Trump’s recent tweets seeking to ban transgender individuals from the military,but to remind you not to comply with any unconstitutional directive which may ultimately be issued.
The letter was signed by 53 Democrats in Congress and was organized by top Democrats on the House Armed Services and Judiciary committees, the Hill reported on Friday. Read more. (8/4/2017)
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