Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton introduces legislation banning military from funding drag shows

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) has joined with four other Republican senators to introduce legislation banning the Department of Defense from funding or hosting drag queen or similar performances.

The proposed legislation extends the prohibition to any sort of what it calls “adult cabaret performance” using DOD funds. The prohibition legislation bans topless or go-go dancers, exotic dancers, strippers, or male or female impersonators “who provide entertainment that appeals to prurient interest.”

The legislation was introduced after Cotton’s office received a report of a Drag Story Time at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls, Montana, he said.

“If military officials want to know why we’re facing a recruiting and retention crisis in our armed forces, they need only look to ‘Drag Story Time.’ Young Americans join the military to become warriors and defend America, not to become social justice warriors. There is no reason taxpayers should be funding this,” Cot...