Trey Gowdy , South Carolina Congressman, recently responded to a

reporter about the military in response to a question from a

CNN reporter about the DoD ban of transgenders from joining

the U.S. armed forces. As Trey typically does so very

well, he nailed it rather succinctly.





Question: How can President Trump

claim to represent all U.S citizens, regardless of sexual

orientation, when he banned transgenders from joining the

military? Isn't that discrimination?





Trey Gowdy's Response: " Nobody

has a right to serve in the Military. Nobody!

What makes you people think the Military is an equal

opportunity employer? It is very far from it - and for

good reasons - let me cite a few."





"The Military uses prejudice

regularly and consistently to deny citizens from joining for

being too old or too young, too fat or too skinny, too tall

or too short. Citizens are denied for having flat

feet, or for missing or additional fingers." he went on

to explain: "By the way, poor eyesight will

disqualify you, as well as bad teeth.

Malnourished? Drug addiction? Bad back?

Criminal history? Low IQ? Anxiety? Phobias?

Hearing damage? Six arms? Hear voices in your

head? Self-identification as a Unicorn? Need a

special access ramp for your wheelchair?"





"Can't run the required course

in the required time? Can't do the required number of

push-ups? Not really a morning person? and refuse to

get out of bed before noon? All can be

legitimate reasons for denial"





"The Military has one job:

Winning War. Anything else is a distraction and a

liability. Did someone just scream? That isn't

Fair? War is VERY unfair, there are no exceptions made

for being special or challenged or socially

wonderful."





"YOU must change yourself to meet Military standards

and not the other way around."





"I say again: You don't change the Military

- you must change yourself. The Military is not about

being fair, it is about taking advantage of others and about

winning.





The Military doesn't need to accommodate anyone with

special issues. The Military needs to Win Wars

and keep our Country safe - PERIOD!"

"If any of your personal issues are a liability that

detract from readiness or lethality... Thank you for

applying and good luck in future

endeavors."



"...any other questions?"