Boebert denigrates, misgenders trans Pentagon official
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) denigrated and deliberately misgendered Assistant Secretary of Defense for Readiness Shawn Skelly, the Pentagon’s highest ranked transgender official, during a debate Wednesday over amendments to a defense appropriations bill.
In remarks that stirred outrage from her Democratic colleagues, the congresswoman called Skelly a “delusional man thinking he is a woman” and the embodiment of “woke-ism” before proposing an amendment that would reduce her salary to a dollar.
Skelly served on active duty in the U.S. Navy for 20 years as a naval flight officer before retiring with the rank of commander.
Her record of service includes senior positions with the Defense and Transportation Departments during the Obama administration. “Assistant Secretary Skelly has served in her role admirably, as she has done as her time as a naval officer,” responded U.S.
