Spox John Kirby pounds podium defending ‘foundational, sacred obligation’ to fund military abortions
On 7/18/2023, a reporter asked Biden Top Spox John Kirby, “The administration has been critical of Senator Tuberville with his holds on military promotions because of social policy and saying that he is harming military readiness. On the flipside of that impasse — and this is something that Republican lawmakers have raised — why is the new DOD policy on abortion critical to military readiness?
Kirby: I’m really glad you asked that question.
Reporter: (Inaudible.) (Laughs.)
Kirby: No, I mean, I really am. One in five members of the U.S. military are women … laws in this country that are now being passed are absolutely having an effect on their willingness to continue serving in uniform or to encourage — or discourage, in this case — their spouses from continuing service. kSo, if you don’t think there’s going to be a retention and a morale issue, think again. Because …
Reporter: Thank you, Admiral.
KJP: And, Admiral, I want to say thank you for — for your service and raising your hand. “Dignity and respect.” That —
Kirby: Thank you.
KJP: That was really important. Thank you. Oh, now — now the mic works. (Laughter.) Okay, go ahead. Kick us off. I don’t have anything else.
Karine Jean-Pierre: Ending Woke Pentagon Programming “Hurts Our Ability To Recruit And Retain”
On 7/18/2023, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “one more on Tuberville. After President Biden made those remarks in Helsinki, the senator said that “[t]here’s no chance of changing my position if we don’t sit down and visit.” So why doesn’t the President sit down with him and try to hash this out?
KJP: Why does the senator continue to do something that is — that has been done in the past in a historically bipartisan way? Why? Why make this political? Why politicize and make it partisan? That is something that this senator, Senator Tuberville, to be — to be specific — has done.
Reporter: So just to be clear, when the President said that he would sit down with Tuberville if he thought there was any possibility he would change his ridiculous position, that was the President saying “no”?
KJP: What I’m saying is: This has been historically — hist- — historically a bipartisan bill. And so — which has been made recklessly partisan. That’s what I’m saying. And it’s hurting our ability to recruit. It’s hurting our ability to retain the strongest and most diverse military that we have in the world.
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