U.S. Navy Only Needs ‘Alpha Males and Females’: Senate Candidate [Video]

Virginia Republican Senate candidate and former Navy captain Hung Cao has gone viral on X, formerly Twitter, with a comment regarding Navy officers made during his debate with his opponent Tim Kaine on October 2.

Cao’s statement regarding Navy recruits was in response to a question regarding whether he believes diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts are hampering the military recruiting process.

He said, “When you’re using a drag queen to recruit for the Navy, that’s not the people we want. What we need is alpha males and alpha females who are going to rip out their own guts, eat them, and ask for seconds. Those are young men and women that are going to win wars.”

Cao appears to be referring to the announcement of a new digital ambassador for the Navy, Yeoman 2nd Class Joshua Kelley, a drag queen who used the stage name Harpy Daniels, last year.

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