Kansas City Star Champions Trans Soldier Against Prez Trump

Actually . . . Amongst statewide local politicos, we don't notice a lot of push back against this move. 

We don't really know how to feel about this story if only because TKC probably won't be signing up to fight WWIII.  

Still . . .

The newspaper is putting this narrative on blast and it probably deserves consideration from avid local news watchers . . .  

The 39-year-old is facing dismissal, soon to be kicked out of the service where she’s spent nearly all of her adult life. All because President Donald Trump has deemed her and many others in uniform as unfit for service . . . Among thousands of transgender military members who, based on an executive order signed by Trump soon after he started his second term, are now banned from serving.

“I’m an American . . . I swore to defend the Constitution of the United States of America. And just like thousands of other service members, we swore an oath to defend this constitution, the cherished institutions of America, and if need be fight and die for this country."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

She served in a war zone. Now a Trump-era ban set to end her military career

"Transgender service members have been deployed all over the globe ...," said U.S. Army Major Kara Corcoran. "And it's not about just losing your profession, it's about losing your livelihood for you and your family and your commitment to your country."

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