Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) stood firm on his position to hold up military nominations in the Senate over its abortion policy despite a new Pentagon media pressure campaign.
On Tuesday, the Department of Defense sent the civilian leaders of the Navy, Army, and Air Force to protest Tuberville's holds in a string of media appearances, and it published a news story on the DOD website regarding the effects of the holds. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro even suggested Tuberville was aiding communists in an interview on CNN.
"I grew up in a military family. My dad was career military — died on active duty," he told host Laura Ingraham."There’s no bigger fan of the military than me up here. I’m on the Armed Services Committee. I didn’t think I would come up here and ever be associated with terrorism and communism as a United States senator. That’s wrong. This is coming from the talking heads of the White House.
"I told Secretary Austin this almost a year ago," Tuberville continued."'If you do this, I’m going to block your generals and admirals from promotion.' They didn’t believe me. They put all this into effect. And, as you said, I can hold just so many of them. If they bring them one at a time, they could get them all they want. The problem is ... they don’t want bad votes.
He also dismissed the suggested urgency of the situation, pointing to what could be perceived as positive effects of the holds.
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