Democrats and weak Republicans have launched a series of attacks against Sen. Tommy Tuberville in recent weeks for forcing individual votes on President Biden’s military appointees in protest of the Pentagon’s abortion policy.
Tuberville — who serves on the Senate Armed Services Committee — has been slowing down military personnel moves that require Senate confirmation to protest the Pentagon’s use of taxpayer money to cover service members’ travel expenses to get abortions. To be clear, Tuberville is not blocking votes, but is forcing the Armed Services Committee to vote on each nomination individually rather than voting “en masse on large numbers of nominations.”
The senator’s protest has been ongoing since March, according to the New York Post.
Central to Democrats’ dishonest attacks is the assertion by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, a Biden appointee, that Tuberville’s hold could impact military readiness and “America’s national security.” Without missing a beat, congressional Democrats and their allies in regime-approved media jumped into action, relentlessly bashing the Alabama senator for fighting to reverse a policy a majority of Americans oppose.
“The Senator from Alabama has achieved something that Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin could have only dreamed of. Our military and our nation are weakened by his actions,” Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., said during a recent Senate floor speech.
“Tommy Tuberville’s reckless blockade is the real threat to military readiness,” a July MSNBC headline blared. Even Senate Republican leadership and 2024 GOP presidential primary contender Nikki Haley have joined Democrats’ pile-on, with
