During Saturday night's Republican presidential debate on ABC, candidates Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush, and Chris Christie argued their support for requiring women to register for a potential draft, however Ted Cruz said on Sunday that he not only opposes the idea, but wonders if his counterparts are 'nuts,'
Politico reports.
"I have to admit, as I was sitting there listening to that conversation, my reaction was, 'Are you guys nuts?'" Cruz said Sunday at a town hall in New Hampshire. "Listen, we have had enough with political correctness, especially in the military. Political correctness is dangerous. And the idea that we would draft our daughters to forcibly bring them into the military and put them in close combat, I think is wrong, it is immoral, and if I am president, we ain't doing it."
Politico reports that in reference to his two daughters, Cruz added that he wants them to be able to grow up and follow their dreams rather than be forced into the military.
"The idea that their government would forcibly put them in a foxhole with a 220-pound psychopath trying to kill them doesn't make any sense at all," he said.
However, Rubio, the previous night, argued that "in the case a draft is ever instituted," he believes "Selective Service should be opened up to men and women."
Bush and Christie made similar arguments to Rubio, but Bush emphasized that there is no draft and as president he wouldn't call for one and Christie was less explicit, yet indicated his openness to the idea.
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