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People fear, what they do not understand...I myself am guilty of not understanding...and to be honest, no idea where we would begin to understand this complex situation (and it is)...\n\nLife is complicated enough...as a man, women are hard enough to understand...and we had very few women on my ship in the 80s...\n\nTransgender...is a whole different thing...to understand (my brain can't comprehend)...\n\nI am not judging right or wrong...I simply can't comprehend it...

Why is that man dressed as a woman? This insanity needs to stop.

When you wake up an also learn confusion is of the devil. Being a God from the heavens fearing man. You begin to let your word mend hearts

This is not a woman but a man.

This reporter looks like she may have been a man before.

Ahh she wants to act and work like a man but want to look like a woman.

He is a man and should be kick of the military

This is a man, plain and simple. There’s no such thing as transgender. No amount of medicine, makeup, or mutilation can change one’s gender. To think so is ludicrous. MAGA!!

Thats a man, man.????

All transgender people need to be kicked out they act like they're? women and they got penis between their legs the whoops it has stopped the American people 70% vote for him to stop all this woke crap and that's what Donald Trump does he's a man of his word and he keeps his word thank you Donald J Trump

You passed the physical testing because as a man you were able to ace the female standards!

How does this woman really feel sitting opposite a man who claims to be a woman - not only is it misleading its a disgrace - a man is a man a woman is a woman - you can not change, you have no idea of what its like to be a woman. Putting a wig and lipstick on my male cat does not make him female.

That is a man it is not a woman and should not be serving in the military period!

Liberal woke can’t and unable to identify between biological man and biological woman.

God made only one man and one woman you can't change your sex why don't you want to be a pig or a hippo? Cause it's not possible

Decay of America. God made man and woman. End of story

To think that this is even an issue blows my mind! MEN ARE MEN! WOMEN ARE WOMEN! just because you grow your hair out and put make up on does not make you a woman nor if a woman cuts off her breasts that makes her a Man. We are living in a delusional world right now .

I think trans when it comes to men in to women to serve to the military should be OK I feel like they still have all the mam traits but on the other hand I wudnt want a women's trans to a man having to watch my back in war??? HELLLL NAAHHH ??????

Nothing like seeing a woman speak like a man

That’s a man right ?

what an ignorant man

That is a man, not a woman. The deep voice is the dead giveaway.

? That's a man baby ??

Can that man seated there with the anchor be sent to a bathroom for few minutes after the experiment this madness of CNN staffers anchoring rubbish instead of real news will change. Pls two of these people should go to bathroom for 5 minutes. Looking at the guy wearing wig talking nonsense makes me vomit! Full grown man acting stupid. This is sickness go for a cure don't inflict ur Obama generated sickness to everyone pls!!!

Boo this man

Women defending a man being a woman?

Yes , a man still has male strengths , who tells us he is not a man but a woman. Nope.

?⚓?‍☠️. The reason why it was so good at the Job wouldn't have anything to do with actually being a MAN.... And all the At Aboys it received was because the NAVY, didn't want to look Trans Phobic ... Just Saying ?

The man been in the military for 19 1/2 years, he joined as a man and now he has a problem because he can’t look like a woman

So is this man or women?

He joined the Navy as a man.. 20 years later, still a man pretending to be a woman.

So he was a navy pilot, top man. Did the all man showers, training, hazing and killing.\n\nThen dropped the ballz

Yea that's a man.

One (Hero/qualified service man ) out of 7000 Trans...Not good enough for our military forces.

I think the trans issue has a lot of complications that really don't need to play out in the military. I accept the body God gave me and I can't imagine what people go through who can't. It's concerning though that while they're fighting their internal fights it may project on to others. Just because this one man didn't doesnt mean everyone is like him. Should be a case by case basis and not a blanket policy.

He needs to get out if he don't know he's a man

I hate Trump and everything he stands for but transgenders serving openly are contrary to the principle of good order and discipline. No matter what people think transgenders are not respected by their subordinates and there has to be respect to be an effective leader. In this man's case he flies as a crew of 1 and possibly 2 so he doesn't require respect from his subordinates but a frontline combat officer leading a company would get zero respect and would probably get fragged. The standards have to be the same across all branches and all jobs and that's not possible. The military is mostly populated with southern and mid western men and they will never accept this so as a veteran I support this move to ban them. I would also like to see the standards restored in regards to fat heterosexuals too. There's nothing that says lack of discipline like a fat soldier whose buttons on his BDU shirt are about to pop and they can't see their toes.

wasnt able to make the cut as a man so changed genders so he didnt have to work as hard. now hes stronger then a real woman and able to max out his stats on Physical exams. Times for him to go. More mental health issues, get them out.

He is a male, a man. But this is what happens when a a society rejects God...they reject TRUTH & REASON. Acceptance of lgbt ideology is proof that America has rejected God. Now America is paying the price.

The person that is speaking there, is that a man or a woman now ? How did you people get this crazy ??

He is a man pretending to be a woman. Sorry...that is a mental problem. I honor his service. I should get special help ...but should not be allowed to serve in combat.

A ban on ppl who want to serve coming from a man too chicken to serve himself.

CoMANder lol man

Transgender women a real badass!\nOf course she is, she is a man!

She’s the next one to get fired from CNN. Let’s take some short clips and not show the people the full story.\n\nOh and that is a man, not a woman. As a combat veteran, I do not condone the mentally ill to be serving in our military to protect my country.

HA HA HA, THE TRANSFORMER SOUNDS LIKE A MAN. HA HA HA. IT IS AT THE PINICLE OF DEI AVIATION.

The man made vagina will never heal! That’s cancer! So why should we pay for him purposely when government waged war on tobacco over cancer and no insurance company will insure you for the risk of cancer.

Transgender? i wonder what Crocodile Dundee thinks about that, maybe we should just do what he did in the movie and shame them all. man dressed like a Shiela.

Watching from ?? Land of the Free , what are you showing us???Man turn to girls, girls to boys. Viva Trump, loving it

Hellgseth is an abomination doesn’t deserve his position shame on the congressman for putting him in there. But he can have his manly man military and exclude blacks and others to form his Aryan military.