Why House Republicans turned a routine military spending bill into an “ode to bigotry”

Department of Defense LGBT Pride Month Event Celebration cake.
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Sometimes in politics you do things to make a statement, even though you know it will fail. You make your point and then you move on.

Then there’s the House Freedom Caucus. The far-right group of Republicans in Congress is somehow convinced through magical thinking that it can singlehandedly roll back LGBTQ+ rights and restrict abortion rights even further by going after bills that in the past had generally sailed through Congress with bipartisan support.

Last Friday, the House voted 219-210 to pass a defense spending bill that includes a number of amendments specifically targeting LGBTQ+ service members, as well as new restrictions on abortion coverage for service members. Under the measure, the military will no longer pay for gender-affirming medical care for transgender troops, allow the pride flag to fly at military installations, or pay for…

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