[btomba_77]

Second, Tuberville continues to defend proudly calling himself a “white nationalist”
 
this is why the GOP loves him
 

Tuberville: My opinion of a white nationalist.. its an American. If that white nationalist is a racist, Im totally against them.

Collins: White nationalist is racist

Tuberville: Thats your opinion

[link=https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/redirect-to/?redirect=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Facyn%2Fstatus%2F1678579616376651777%3Fs%3D46%26t%3Dwj-kQtLCLPNb9xDTKbHRvQ]https://twitter.com/acyn/status/1678…LPNb9xDTKbHRvQ[/link]

[i]COLLINS: A White nationalist is someone who believes that the White race is superior to other races.

TUBERVILLE: Well, thats some peoples opinion.[/i]

[ruszja]

He represents Alabama. Lol.

[kaldridgewv2211]

he doesn’t understand the “white” part.
 
He doesn’t know how to field a defense either.
 
 

[btomba_77]

Im not sure exactly what he was trying to say there. But I would just say theres no place for white nationalism in our party.
 
Sen. John Thune (R-SD), quoted by [link=https://punchbowl.news/archive/71123-punchbowl-news-midday/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=7/11/23%20%20Punchbowl%20News%20Midday&utm_term=Active%20subscribers%20from%20Memberful%20%28punchbowlnews%29]Punchbowl News[/link], responding to Sen. Tommy Tubervilles (R-AL) [link=https://politicalwire.com/2023/07/11/exchange-of-the-day-244/]refusal to admit[/link] white nationalism was racist.
 

[btomba_77]

[link=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/11/tuberville-military-racists-white-nationalist/]Sen. Tommy Tuberville relents and says white nationalists are racist[/link][/h2]  

[ruszja]

Quote from dergon

[link=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/11/tuberville-military-racists-white-nationalist/]Sen. Tommy Tuberville relents and says white nationalists are racist[/link]  

 
See that wasn’t so hard.
 
At least he didn’t tell them to ‘stand back and stand by’…

[Unknown Member]

Awful football coach

Dumb as box of rocks

Idol of the new conservative Republican Party

Anti military POS

[kaldridgewv2211]

[link=https://twitter.com/acyn/status/1678883032336326663?s=46&t=rWwiVdwocpuvqskgif1xxA]https://twitter.com/acyn/…rWwiVdwocpuvqskgif1xxA[/link]

Heres the I was a football coach so Ive dealt with more minorities than anyone clip. Like keep digging.

Tuberville: I'm a football coach. I’ve dealt with more minorities than everybody in this building pic.twitter.com/10d7pS0O6z

— Acyn (@Acyn) July 11, 2023

[btomba_77]

[h1][b]White House Relishes Matchup Against Tuberville[/b][/h1]  
 
[link=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/12/biden-versus-tommy-tuberville-fundraising-00105786]Politico[/link]: Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), a first-term Republican and former college football coach, has earned a steady spot in Bidens fundraising pitches, social media and official speeches. While its unusual for a junior senator to draw such ire, the reality this summer is Tubervilles one-man notoriety show has become a Washington must-watch.
 
Tuberville is single-handedly blocking military promotions over the Pentagons policy to pay expenses for women in the military who must travel for abortion care. Hes leaving fellow senators agog at his remarks on white nationalism, which he at times refused to explicitly condemn. And then theres his praise for federal infrastructure money even though he voted against the bill that approved it.
 
Its all drawing lots of attention from the president.
 
[link=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2023/07/12/the-senator-biden-loves-to-hate-00105833?nname=playbook&nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&nrid=0000014e-f0ed-dd93-ad7f-f8edad790000&nlid=630318]Playbook[/link]: Why target a lesser-known senator when Biden can choose from a whole host of big-name 2024 rivals like Donald Trump or Ron DeSantis? It underscores how Democrats think they can benefit politically from Tubervilles unprecedented blockade, which has effectively frozen promotions for some 250 military officers.
 

[btomba_77]

[h1][b]White House Relishes Matchup Against Tuberville[/b][/h1]  
 
[link=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/12/biden-versus-tommy-tuberville-fundraising-00105786]Politico[/link]: Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), a first-term Republican and former college football coach, has earned a steady spot in Bidens fundraising pitches, social media and official speeches. While its unusual for a junior senator to draw such ire, the reality this summer is Tubervilles one-man notoriety show has become a Washington must-watch.
 
Tuberville is single-handedly blocking military promotions over the Pentagons policy to pay expenses for women in the military who must travel for abortion care. Hes leaving fellow senators agog at his remarks on white nationalism, which he at times refused to explicitly condemn. And then theres his praise for federal infrastructure money even though he voted against the bill that approved it.
 
Its all drawing lots of attention from the president.
 
[link=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2023/07/12/the-senator-biden-loves-to-hate-00105833?nname=playbook&nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&nrid=0000014e-f0ed-dd93-ad7f-f8edad790000&nlid=630318]Playbook[/link]: Why target a lesser-known senator when Biden can choose from a whole host of big-name 2024 rivals like Donald Trump or Ron DeSantis? It underscores how Democrats think they can benefit politically from Tubervilles unprecedented blockade, which has effectively frozen promotions for some 250 military officers.
 

[btomba_77]

[b]Tommy Tuberville Wouldnt Take Defense Secretarys Call[/b][/h1]  
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin attempted to set up a call with Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) today, but the senators office declined, saying he did not have time for a call today or this weekend, [link=https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1679536842499055635?s=20]CNN[/link] reports.
Tuberville has complained that Austin has not tried to reach him about his hold on military nominations in protest of the Pentagons abortion policy.

 

News — Secretary Austin's office attempted to set up a call between Austin and Sen. Tommy Tuberville today, but the senator's office declined, saying he did not have time for a call today or this weekend, a senior defense official tells me.

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) July 13, 2023

[btomba_77]

Biden chooses Admiral Lisa Franchetti  to lead the Navy and join the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
 
 
She’ll be waiting a while …. Senator Tuberville is still blocking dozens of high ranking officer promotions/ appointment due to the military being “woke”

[clickpenguin_460]

The military has failed everything since ’91 and keeps getting more funding with more failing upward promotions.  Oh and no one wants to join unless you’re a asexual genderless blue alien.

[btomba_77]

[link=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/28/biden-tuberville-military-clash/]https://www.washingtonpos…rville-military-clash/[/link]

[b]Biden escalates clash with Tuberville over military vacancies[/b]

Biden, who has often cited Republicans outside the congressional leadership as emblematic of what he calls their partys radicalism, warned in harsher tones and with more specificity this week that Tuberville is undermining the servicemen and women who are putting their lives at risk.

Something dangerous is happening, Biden said Thursday night, speaking at the Truman Civil Rights Symposium. The Republican Party used to always support the military, but today, they are undermining the military. The senior senator from Alabama, who claims to support our troops, is now blocking more than 300 military [nominations] with his extreme political agenda.

Tens of thousands of Americas daughters and sons are deployed around the world tonight keeping us safe from immense national security challenges. But the senator from Alabama is not, Biden said. For the first time in more than 100 years, we dont have a sitting confirmed commandant of the Marine Corps.

[kaldridgewv2211]

Tommy sucks. Its past time the other 99 senators calls him out.

[btomba_77]

Motion to change this thread title to reflect that Tuberville is now a Senator from Alabama …

[h3][link=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/nov/10/julius-malema-anc-expelled]https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-army-becomes-second-military-branch-lose-confirmed-leader-over-senate-block-2023-08-04/[/link][/h3] “The U.S. Army on Friday became the second branch of the U.S. military to no longer have a Senate-confirmed leader, as Republican senator Tommy Tuberville continues to block military nominations [over abortion politics]”
[h1]US Army no longer has Senate-confirmed leader, joining Marines[/h1]  

[btomba_77]

[link=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/04/army-navy-air-force-secretaries-tuberville-military-hold/]Opinion | Army, Navy, Air Force bosses to Tuberville: Stop hold on promotions – 

[/link]
 Three service secretaries to Tuberville: Stop this dangerous hold on senior officers[/h1] [i]Carlos Del Toro is secretary of the Navy. Frank Kendall is secretary of the Air Force. Christine Wormuth is secretary of the Army.

[/i]

Senators have many legislative and oversight tools to show their opposition to a specific policy. They are free to introduce legislation, gather support for that legislation and pass it. But placing a blanket hold on all general and flag officer nominees, who as apolitical officials have traditionally been exempt from the hold process, is unfair to these military leaders and their families.
 
And it is putting our national security at risk.
….
Three of our five military branches the Army, Navy and Marine Corps have no Senate-confirmed service chief in place. Instead, these jobs and dozens of others across the force are being performed by acting officials without the full range of legal authorities necessary to make the decisions that will sustain the United States military edge.

[/QUOTE]

meanwhile, in crazyland ….

[h1]Tuberville Worried About Sailors Reciting Poetry[/h1]  
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) [link=https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1699567691307065444?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1699567691307065444%7Ctwgr%5E6ee53ae84c6a6a2aaa2f667e8317c9d2e89fffde%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffpost.com%2Fentry%2Ftommy-tuberville-poetry-navy_n_64f9912ee4b00241f854e77a]told Fox News[/link] that poetry is proof of wokeness in the U.S. Navy.
Said Tuberville: Weve got people doing poems on aircraft carriers over the loudspeaker. It is absolutely insane the direction that were headed in our military.
 

Tuberville responds to the Navy Secretary by saying the Secretary has to get wokeness out of the Navy because “we’ve got people doing poems on aircraft carriers” pic.twitter.com/JiTgCrFb2q

— Acyn (@Acyn) September 6, 2023

[janecreeve_520]

[link=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3959285-navy-chief-defends-nonbinary-officer-from-gop-attacks-over-poem-reading/]https://thehill.com/homen…cks-over-poem-reading/[/link]
 
headline is good example of distortion
I think he is referring to the emphasis
you are taking above out of context

[kayla.meyer_144]

Always, the most gung-ho armchair warriors worried about masculinity are those who never served, Cruz & Tuberville.

I dont think the headline has distorted Tubervilles comments

[kaldridgewv2211]

Quote from dergon

[link=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/04/army-navy-air-force-secretaries-tuberville-military-hold/]Opinion | Army, Navy, Air Force bosses to Tuberville: Stop hold on promotions – 

[/link]
Three service secretaries to Tuberville: Stop this dangerous hold on senior officers [i]Carlos Del Toro is secretary of the Navy. Frank Kendall is secretary of the Air Force. Christine Wormuth is secretary of the Army.

[/i]

Senators have many legislative and oversight tools to show their opposition to a specific policy. They are free to introduce legislation, gather support for that legislation and pass it. But placing a blanket hold on all general and flag officer nominees, who as apolitical officials have traditionally been exempt from the hold process, is unfair to these military leaders and their families.

And it is putting our national security at risk.
….
Three of our five military branches the Army, Navy and Marine Corps have no Senate-confirmed service chief in place. Instead, these jobs and dozens of others across the force are being performed by acting officials without the full range of legal authorities necessary to make the decisions that will sustain the United States military edge.

[/QUOTE]

meanwhile, in crazyland ….

[h1]Tuberville Worried About Sailors Reciting Poetry[/h1]  
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) [link=https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1699567691307065444?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1699567691307065444%7Ctwgr%5E6ee53ae84c6a6a2aaa2f667e8317c9d2e89fffde%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffpost.com%2Fentry%2Ftommy-tuberville-poetry-navy_n_64f9912ee4b00241f854e77a]told Fox News[/link] that poetry is proof of wokeness in the U.S. Navy.
Said Tuberville: Weve got people doing poems on aircraft carriers over the loudspeaker. It is absolutely insane the direction that were headed in our military.

He’s obstinate with his stupidity.  Everyone is telling him he’s an idiot and an arsehole.  He just grins and keeps repeating his stupid “I’m not the problem, wokeness is the problem” BS.

Tuberville responds to the Navy Secretary by saying the Secretary has to get wokeness out of the Navy because “we’ve got people doing poems on aircraft carriers” pic.twitter.com/JiTgCrFb2q

— Acyn (@Acyn) September 6, 2023