Taxpayers Fund Transgender, DEI Apps With Grants Meant for National Security
19th September 2025
Federal small business grants intended for national defense technology have gone to create mobile apps for gay men, “transgender” women, and LGBTQ parents, and have funded other diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
Senate Small Business Committee Chairwoman Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, has proposed the Investing in National Next-Generation Opportunities for Venture Acceleration and Technological Excellence Act, or the INNOVATE Act, to reform certain grant programs by eliminating DEI considerations or awards. The focus would shift to expand funding to small businesses in rural America.
“Your tax dollars should never be wasted on nonsense, especially when they are supposed to be spent on America’s national security,” Ernst told The Daily Signal in a statement.