Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) received bipartisan condemnation and staunch criticism on Tuesday after refusing to denounce white supremacism as a racist ideology earlier this week. Now he’s reversing course.
The other Republican from Alabama, Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL), also called out Tuberville without naming her colleague explicitly, telling a Huffpost reporter, “White supremacy and racism have absolutely no place in our country. Period. The end.”
She’s still giving him a pass: she did not say white nationalism is racist .
When the GOP establishment says “Woah, not that racist” that’s remarkable
I feel like no one is defending Tommy… and there are two things you have to understand about Senator Tuberville before you judge him too harshly:
He’s dumber than a wet burlap sack stuffed full of bleached hair; and,
He’s as racists a motherfscker as you’re ever likely to meet in the flesh.
So, you know… judge him accordingly.
Historically the United States Senate was known as “the world’s greatest deliberative body.” The MAGAts and their ilk have made a mockery of that characterization. I would call it a joke, but it is not funny. It is very, very dangerous for now and for our future.
Everyone knows that Tuberville is a racist. The ongoing semantic argument is just a smokescreen for the fact that Tuberville is blocking DOD appointees and jeopardizing morale and readiness in our military. Why are Republican senators less concerned about a potential existential threat than they are about word definitions?
Until tubby tomerville got to the senate ron johnson had a free pass as it’s dumbest knucklehead.
Morons and cowards; welcome to today’s GQP. What a sorry spectacle.
“White supremacy and racism have absolutely no place in our country. Period. The end.”
Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go to a Trump rally and fundraiser.
“Tuberville seemed to backtrack, finally acknowledging that “white nationalists are racists.”
. . . And, does he think that racism is a bad thing? I’m guessing the answer, if he gave one, wound be crickets.
Seen here…
A grown man who still goes by Tommy is questionable to start with. I saw him being interviewed and he said that because he was a football coach for so many years he has experience with “those people,” or something to that effect. I was surprised he didn’t refer to his black players as “young bucks.”
We are a country obviously that has built around a set of principles, that’s welcoming
Except for maybe a little bit of that time between 1620 and 1870 (15th Amendment) 1964 Civil Rights Act CJ Roberts declaration in Shelby County 2023 when the Supreme Court decided affirmative action had done its job.
There should be room for compromise here. Let white nationalists enter the military, but insist they wear a condom.
No. Not even then, but very creative.
And… although they’re clearly happy to be there… this is not that kind of a party.
I agree with Tubervilles’s acknowledgement that “I look at a white nationalist as a Trump Republican.” He’s obviously not as dumb and clueless as some people say.
Lots of mature male southerners go by names like Tommy…and Jimmy. It’s part of the regional culture.
Tuberville should be denounced and ridiculed for lots of stuff, especially his “confusion” about Christian Nationalism. But the personal name that he chooses to use is strictly his own business.
Tommy can’t hold a candle to “Markwayne Mullins” the freshman senator cage fighter who told the Teamster President to “shut up,” at a hearing.
Noting that this from the article is not in quotes:
Sen. John Thune (R-SD) added there’s no room for white nationalists in the GOP or the military.
The obvious extension from this statement is that there is no room for Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis in the GOP.
According to Tuberville, “White Nationalists” just means “nationalists that happen to be white”. Nothing wrong with that, right?