Tommy Tuberville is not only a threat to women’s freedom, but his obstruction of military confirmations is also now a threat to national security. Yes, the full senate could override his little stunt, but the tradition is to do a bulk vote of military appointments and promotions en masse to avoid the very time-consuming process of having to hold confirmation hearings and floor votes on hundreds of individual appointments and promotions.
The number currently held up and blocked by Tuberville is more than 300 and if the holds are not released by the end of the year they will jump to more than 650.
So much for Republican claims of supporting the military (about as credible as their claim to “back the blue” by trying to, literally, “defund the police” at the federal level.
In a dangerous world, this right-wing ideologue, who aided and abetted Trump’s criminal effort to obstruct the January 6, 2021 vote certification and overthrow the election, is now doing exactly what Vladimir Putin would hope to undermine military readiness by blocking military appointments and confirmations at a time when we are facing increase threats from both Russia and China. Clearly Tuberville is more loyal to Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping than to U.S. interests.
Even other Republicans have criticized his reckless endangerment of military readiness.
This is what happens when unqualified actors (Reagan), reality TV stars (Trump) and football coaches (Tuberville) think they are qualified to handle complex issues of public policy which they are not.
Tommy Tuberville is not only a threat to women’s freedom, but his obstruction of military confirmations is also now a threat to national security. Yes, the full senate could override his little stunt, but the tradition is to do a bulk vote of military appointments and promotions en masse to avoid the very time-consuming process of having to hold confirmation hearings and floor votes on hundreds of individual appointments and promotions.
The number currently held up and blocked by Tuberville is more than 300 and if the holds are not released by the end of the year they will jump to more than 650.
So much for Republican claims of supporting the military (about as credible as their claim to “back the blue” by trying to, literally, “defund the police” at the federal level.
In a dangerous world, this right-wing ideologue, who aided and abetted Trump’s criminal effort to obstruct the January 6, 2021 vote certification and overthrow the election, is now doing exactly what Vladimir Putin would hope to undermine military readiness by blocking military appointments and confirmations at a time when we are facing increase threats from both Russia and China. Clearly Tuberville is more loyal to Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping than to U.S. interests.
Even other Republicans have criticized his reckless endangerment of military readiness.
This is what happens when unqualified actors (Reagan), reality TV stars (Trump) and football coaches (Tuberville) think they are qualified to handle complex issues of public policy which they are not.