Hung Cao, the Republican Senate nominee in Virginia, disparaged drag queens and people who are tolerant of them by implying Wednesday that they are not tough enough to serve in the military.

Cao made the remarks in a televised debate against Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine when one of the moderators asked him about his previous comments tying what he called the White House’s “growing obsession” with diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, to military recruitment issues. Cao, a Navy veteran, was…