Senate Republicans Question Navy for Platforming Drag Performer in Recruiting Program

Senate Republicans Question Navy for Platforming Drag Performer in Recruiting Program
The USS Iwo Jima, a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy, takes part in the NATO exercise Trident Juncture 2018 near Trondheim, Norway, on Oct. 29, 2018. Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images
Ryan Morgan
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A group of 14 Republican senators has questions for the U.S. Navy after the military branch brought on a drag-performing sailor for its pilot “digital ambassador” program in hopes of boosting recruiting.

This week, the Navy confirmed that it had invited Yeoman 2nd Class Joshua Kelley, the drag performer who goes by the stage name “Harpy Daniels,” to participate in the service’s “digital ambassador” program. The program ran from October 2022 to March of this year.

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