Some transgender people would be disqualified from military service under new GOP bill

GOP's Marco Rubio and Jim Banks are introducing a "military readiness" bill that would reinstate Trump-era regulations that disqualify certain individuals who identify as transgender.

"Biden has turned our military into a woke social experiment," Rubio said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "It is a stupid way to go about protecting our nation. We need to spend more time thinking about how to counter threats like China, Russia, and North Korea and less time thinking about pronouns." Brianna Herlihy is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.

Banks, the chairman of the House Armed Services subcommittee on military personnel, said the bill will make sure the Defense Department "puts lethality and readiness before far-left ideology."

"Americans who were treated for ADHD in the past two years must receive a waiver to enlist," Banks said in a statement. "Our military holds recruits to stringent medical standards for a reason and the Biden administration’s special carveout for those suffering from gender dysphoria was purely political. Our bill ensures that DoD puts lethality and readiness before far-left ideology."