House Republicans successfully implemented a number of common-sense proposals into this year’s National Defense Authorization Act that will slow the leftist destruction of our institutions.
Before passing the defense spending bill, Republicans added amendments to obstruct funding for abortion, so-called “gender-affirming care” (which includes transgender surgeries, wrong-sex hormones, and other misplaced and exorbitant medical expenses), mandated DEI training, and military-funded drag shows, among other provisions.
The vote took place on July 14 and concluded with 219 for and 210 against. Members of the House Freedom Caucus proposed the amendments. However, the four Republicans who voted against the bill — Andy Biggs of Arizona, Ken Buck of Colorado, Eli Crane of Arizona, and Thomas Massie of Kentucky — are also caucus members. Part of their opposition is related to the fact that the bill still includes another $300 million in security assistance for Ukraine. At present, total U.S. financial support to the Zelensky regime since the outbreak of the war in February 2022 amounts to more than $5.6 billion.
Republicans such as Reps. Ronny Jackson of Texas, Matt Gaetz of Florida, and Scott Perry of Pennsylvania argued that the issues around abortion and transgenderism make no sense in terms of finances or force readiness. The leftist response to what seems like common sense for most of the country — and indeed, would have been acknowledged as such by Democrats a mere 10 years ago — reveals the unbridgeable ideological chasm that currently separates the two sides.
For the left, the Republican
