Steven Crowder says the military went wrong “with women getting the right to vote”
“I don't know when it had to become inclusive”
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From the September 20, 2021, edition of Louder with Crowder, streamed on YouTube
STEVEN CROWDER (HOST): Look, do we have to act as though, at least throughout history, people in the military aren't more inherently conservative? Aren't inherently more freedom-loving Republicans, right, who join the military? And this is something else too, when we're talking about the military — I don't know when it had to become inclusive. I really don't know when it had — I think that this went wrong with women getting the right to vote. What do I mean? Let me explain.
(CROSSTALK)
CROWDER: Men didn't have the right to vote unless they were a part of mandatory draft. Draft. They had to pay taxes. Mandatory bucket duty, meant you had to show up if there was a fire. If you didn't do these things, you weren't allowed to vote. Voting was a privilege for men. And then women said well, we want the right to vote and they said OK, part of the draft? And they said no.
DAVE LANDAU (CO-HOST): That Rosie the Riveter —
CROWDER: So I'm just saying people don't understand the history of it, there were expectations with men voting. And my point here is, look I don't know when we got to this point where we have to include everybody in the military. I don't know why women aren't technically included in the draft, still at this point.