If Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville doesn’t halt his protest of the Pentagon’s abortion policy, the United States could literally become engulfed in World War III. Sounds a bit melodramatic, doesn’t it? Not according to Secretaries Carlos Del Toro (Navy), Frank Kendall (Air Force), and Christine Wormuth (Army), who all but said as much in their new Washington Post opinion column.
Published on Monday, the 800-plus word screed is an obvious attempt by President Biden’s Defense Department to pressure Tuberville into abandoning his protest of the Pentagon’s use of taxpayer money to cover service members’ travel expenses and paid time off to get abortions. Contrary to the narrative framed by the Biden administration and their legacy media allies, Tuberville is not blocking votes, but is forcing the Senate Armed Services Committee to vote on each nomination individually rather than voting “en masse on large numbers of nominations.”
Throughout their column, the secretaries lament Tuberville’s protest and claim he’s “putting [U.S.] national security at risk.” If that talking point sounds familiar, it’s because it’s been repeatedly parroted by regime-approved media and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, a Biden appointee, to justify their attacks against Tuberville.
“Thus far, the hold has prevented the Defense Department from placing almost 300 of our most experienced and battle-tested leaders into critical posts around the world,” the secretaries wrote.
Ah yes, who could forget “battle-tested leaders” such as Air Force Col. Benjamin Jonsson, a Biden nominee who penned an article weeks after George Floyd’s death claiming “white colonels” are
