Admiral Who Permitted Drag Shows On USS Ronald Reagan Has Nomination Withdrawn

Posted • July 10, 2025: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has promised to take "woke" out of the military and turn its focus toward lethality. That's a welcome change from the military under President Joe Biden. Mary Margaret Olohan reports for The Daily Wire that the Defense Department has withdrawn the nomination of Admiral Michael Donnelly for vice admiral and commander of the Seventh Fleet: The Defense Department is withdrawing the nomination of Rear Adm. Michael “Buzz” Donnelly, The Daily Wire can first report, under whose command drag performances took place aboard the USS Ronald Reagan. —— Yeah, no more drag shows in the Navy. Donnelly drew attention in 2023 for allowing these drag performances to take place aboard the USS Ronald Reagan when Sen. Tuberville held up DOD nominations over the Biden admin's abortion policies: The U.S. Navy hired this non-binary drag queen as a “digital ambassador” to try to recruit people.

Yeoman 2nd Class Joshua Kelley performed as “Harpy Daniels." His performances drew attention from a number of high profile media outlets, including NBC News. Their story: "Navy drag queen 'Harpy Daniels' is serving looks — and the country." —— This dude got his start doing drag shows on the USS Ronald Reagan in 2017. The commander of the Reagan in 17, Michael P. Donnelly, is up for promotion now. Thankfully, Sen. Tuberville is holding up his nom over the Pentagon funding abortions. This is a fight worth having. The less wokeness in our military the better. They got used to scaling the ladder by embracing far left social ideology. We need warfighters, not drag promoters. (…)

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