Legal Group Demands Investigation of Navy Drag Queen Digital Ambassador Over ‘Highly Partisan’ Social Media Posts
America First Legal (AFL), a conservative non-profit legal group with ties to former President Donald Trump, is demanding an investigation into “highly partisan” comments made by a U.S. Navy sailor who had until recently been a digital ambassador for the military service.
In a Monday letter (pdf), AFL demanded Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro direct the service to initiate an investigation of Yeoman Second Class Joshua Kelley, a drag-performing sailor who goes by the alter-ego Harpy Daniels. AFL said Kelley “appears to have repeatedly violated the Uniform Code of Military Justice by engaging in partisan politics, acting disrespectfully towards his superiors in public forums, bringing discredit upon the military through obscene social media posts, and wearing the uniform under circumstances that imply Navy endorsement of personal views and activity.”…