US Military Base Cancels ‘Drag Queen Story Hour’ for Kids After Pressure from Senator

Sen. Rubio described the event as ‘public-funded propaganda’

An Apache attack helicopter is being unloaded from a Galaxy C-5 transport plane at the US Air Base in Ramstein, western Germany, on Feb. 22, 2017. The first attack helicopters of the US Army, intended to be deployed during military exercises with NATO partners for the operation "Atlantic Resolve", arrived for a stopover in Ramstein. MARTIN GOLDHAHN/AFP/Getty Images

An overseas U.S. Air Force Base has canceled a children’s storytime hour program featuring a drag queen after a Republican congressman demanded the show be dropped.

The Ramstein U.S. Air Force Base in Germany canceled the event initially planned for June 2 called “Drag Queen Story Time” after Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) sent a letter on May 26 to Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall urging him to cancel what the congressman called a “public-funded propaganda.”