REPORT: Senate Democrats Want Women to Enter the Draft, Republican Reps Are Fighting Back

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From the Daily Signal: Senate Democrats are attempting to require women to register for the draft. But a group of Republican lawmakers are aiming to stop them.

Reps. Chip Roy, R-Texas, and Mary Miller, R-Ill., led a group of 22 Republican lawmakers in opposition to efforts that would force women to register for Selective Service.

The group wrote a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Thursday.

They wrote, “Forcing young women to register for the Selective Service is an affront to our nation’s values and does not enhance military readiness – the only metric by which Congress should measure an [National Defense Authorization Act]. This is yet another blatant attempt to advance a divisive agenda that seeks to eliminate all distinctions between males and females.”

According to a report by The Hill back in June, Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Jack Reed, a Democrat from Rhode Island who sponsored the bill, has defended the proposal to include women in the draft.

“Women are doing a remarkable job in our forces today, and if we were in a situation requiring a draft, I think we would need all able-bodied citizens 18 and above,” Reed claimed.

“Under no circumstances should the House of Representatives greenlight a future that cripples the American family by sending mothers and daughters to the frontlines – drafted to be combat replacements for casualties on the battlefield – while fathers and sons stay home,” the letter from the Republican lawmakers reads. “A country that pursues radical social ideology over basic principles will not remain a strong, resilient nation.”

“Forcing young women to register for the Selective Service is an affront to our nation’s values and does not enhance military readiness – the only metric by which Congress should measure an [National Defense Authorization Act]. This is yet another blatant attempt to advance a divisive agenda that seeks to eliminate all distinctions between males and females,” the Republicans warned.

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The 24 Republican congress members who signed the letter are Chip Roy of Texas, Mary Miller or Illinois, Bob Good of Virginia, Josh Brecheen of Oklahoma, Harriet Hageman of Wyoming, Paul Gosar of Arizona, Bill Posey of Florida, Andy Biggs of Arizona, Ralph Norman of South Carolina, Brian Babin of Texas, Eric Burlison of Missouri, Barry Moore of Alabama, Warren Davidson of Ohio, Michael Cloud of Texas, Alex Mooney of Maryland, Andy Ogles of Tennessee, Diana Harshbarger of Tennessee, Mark Green of Tennessee, Andrew Clyde of Georgia, Ben Cline of Virginia, Lauren Boebert of Colorado, Robert Aderholt of Alabama, and Keith Self of Texas.

Marine veteran Wade Miller reacted to the report, writing, “This is a red line for me. I served during a time of war and I deployed into combat zones three times. I accept that my son is subject to a draft, but demand that if he’s ever drafted it be for a legitimate national security reason and not some forever war neocon agenda to enrich defense contractors. My daughter may choose to serve in the military, but no one is drafting her without me, as a Marine veteran dad, actively resisting it.”

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