Sen. Tuberville: Holding Promotions re: His Abortion Policy for Female Soldiers

Over 200,000 on these 14 bases

(He put 184 promotions on hold)

Sen. Warren (D-MA) vs. Sen. Tuberville (R-AL)

(His anti-abortion policy = hold on promotions)

What a despicable act by Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) he is holding up hundreds of military promotions due to his nasty childish stunt – which he says: “I won’t let the military be politicized.”

What a crock, Senator. This is a 100% politicized raw political stunt. Shame on you.

The story is seen in this short 3-minute Senate video clip as reported on from The HILL article taken from the MSNBC spot with this headline:

“Tuberville blocks Warren’s attempt to begin advancing 184 military promotions”

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) has blocked a request by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) to allow 184 military promotions to move forward over his objection to the Pentagon’s recently enacted abortion policy.

Sen. Warren argued on the Senate floor: “At this critical juncture of Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, we need her leadership in NATO now more than ever.”

However, Sen. Tuberville stood up to slap down Warren’s request, asserting that the Pentagon’s policy is a violation of federal law, and saying: “I warned Secretary Austin that if he did this and changed this, I would put a hold on his highest-level nominees. Secretary Austin went through with the policy anyway in February of this year, so I am keeping my word.” 

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), the conservative chairman of the Senate Republican Steering Committee, joined Tuberville on the floor to object to Warren’s efforts to seek unanimous consent to advance the stalled military promotions.  

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked about that today and she said: “This political showmanship could have a serious impact on our military readiness, on our military forces and our national security.”  

Watch the 3-minute video for full story context.

My 2 Cents: I agree that this is a GOP one-man stunt. The remarks in the video say it all. Shame on Sen. Tuberville and those who support him.

This will harm the military in a big way.

The main GOP leadership must step and shut Tuberville down and let this normal process continue as it has for years.

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