US senator slams Biden’s admin for ‘woke agenda’ which forced a female military recruit to share housing and a shower with biological males

An 18-year-old female military recruit had to share sleeping quarters and a shower with two trans-identifying biological males, causing one U.S. Senator to speak up.

South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds addressed the situation during the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Tuesday.

“The respect that this young recruit should have received and the privacy that she should have had, she was being deprived of,’ Rounds said, according to Fox News.   

During the meeting, Rounds spoke for the female recruit, who wished to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation, explaining that the situation had caused her so much distress, she considered resigning.  

The two members she was housed with were allegedly taking hormone replacement drugs but hadn’t undergone gender reassignment surgeries, according to Fox News. 

Rounds went on to explain that the recruit’s options for handling the situation were limited following President Biden’s repeal of the ban that once prohibited trans-identifying people to serve openly in the military.  

“She could have basically resigned or stepped away,” Rounds said. “She could have started over again. But nonetheless, it was an extremely uncomfortable position. And I think this is one of the reasons why we’re not meeting our recruitment goals now.”  

Rounds attributes low military recruitment numbers to Biden’s “woke agenda that we now see coming down by executive order.”  

Annual recruitments have almost hit an all-time low, with the army missing its recruitment goal by 25% last year, according to War on the Rocks.  

The Pentagon said its policy is that “all service members must be treated with dignity and respect.” 

“We would encourage any troop who’s feeling uncomfortable or has concerns about privacy in shared spaces to work through their chain of command,” the Pentagon said in a statement to Fox News. “Commanders may employ reasonable accommodations to respect the privacy interests of Service members.” 

Rounds said the situation was first brought to his attention by the attorney general of the South Dakota National Guard, who was “very concerned” about the issue, Fox News said.  

General Charles Brown, chief of staff of the Air Force, said he has arranged a meeting with Rounds to learn more about this specific case.