{"id":1027951,"date":"2023-11-02T18:16:23","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T18:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1027951"},"modified":"2023-11-02T18:16:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T18:16:24","slug":"as-tuberville-continues-to-block-critical-military-promotions-trump-2024-republicans-cheer-him-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/as-tuberville-continues-to-block-critical-military-promotions-trump-2024-republicans-cheer-him-on\/","title":{"rendered":"As Tuberville Continues to Block Critical Military Promotions, Trump, 2024 Republicans Cheer Him On"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In response to Donald Trump and 2024 Republicans\u2019 continued support for Senator Tommy Tuberville\u2019s dangerous blockade of hundreds of military promotions, <\/em>DNC spokesperson Sarafina Chitika released the following statement:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs Senate Republicans ring the alarm about their colleague\u2019s reckless political stunt undermining our national security, Donald Trump and 2024 MAGA Republicans are gleefully cheering Tuberville on. Today\u2019s MAGA Republican Party is so hellbent on their anti-abortion extremism they\u2019re willing to disrespect service members and jeopardize our military readiness. Trump, DeSantis, and the other MAGA minions willing to undermine our military and use it as a political prop are too dangerous, too extreme and too erratic to be trusted as commander in chief.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As some Republicans in the Senate have begun to call out Tuberville\u2019s dangerous blockade of military promotions, Donald Trump and other 2024 Republicans are STILL fervently supporting Tuberville, prioritizing their anti-abortion extremism over our national security.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AL.com<\/a>: \u201cFormer President Donald Trump<\/strong> praised Tuberville over the votes on Truth Social: \u2018BIG WIN FOR TOMMY. Unlike McConnell and his group of automatic Democrat YES VOTES, Tommy T is willing to take on the Radical Left Fascists & Thugs that are destroying our Country. What a difference!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201cFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis<\/strong> backed Sen. Tommy Tuberville\u2019s months-long blockade on military nominations on Thursday, saying that the Pentagon\u2019s abortion policy would \u2018go out the window\u2019 if he wins the presidency. \u2026 Military leaders and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have blasted Tuberville, saying that the hold harms national security and military readiness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HuffPost<\/a>: \u201cGOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley<\/strong> took aim at the Defense Department for beginning a policy at the center of Sen. Tommy Tuberville\u2019s (R-Ala.) hold on 300-plus military promotions in the Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Messenger<\/a>: \u201cTim Scott<\/strong> Says Tuberville Holding Up Military Promotions \u2018Not Necessarily a Bad Thing\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Examiner<\/a>: \u201cVivek Ramaswamy<\/strong> becomes latest GOP presidential candidate to back Tuberville military hold\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, Ron DeSantis and Tim Scott doubled down on their defense of Tuberville\u2019s shameless blockade of military promotions.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Florida Politics<\/a>: \u201cRon DeSantis backs Tommy Tuberville in ongoing skirmish with Senate\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mika Brzezinski<\/a>: \u201cDo you think that Senator Tuberville should lift the blockade that he\u2019s put on military promotions?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DeSantis: \u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brian Kilmeade<\/a>: \u201cSo you\u2019re with Tuberville?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tim Scott: \u201cHe is right on his issue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuberville\u2019s doubling down comes as the U.S. looks to move quickly to support our ally and provide humanitarian aid for thousands of innocent lives caught in the crossfire. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201cSen. Tommy Tuberville is not relenting from his monthslong blockade of military nominations over the Biden administration\u2019s abortion policy \u2014 even in the face of one of America\u2019s closest allies going to war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAfter Hamas attacked Israel, Senate Democrats said it was past time for several top-level military nominees to be approved. But a Tuberville spokesperson confirmed Sunday that the senator\u2019s position remains: Democrats must move top nominees individually until the Pentagon revokes its policy of covering travel costs for troops seeking an abortion across state lines.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pentagon officials slammed Tuberville for his blockade yesterday in the wake of a top Marine\u2019s hospitalization.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201c\u2018This is outrageous\u2019: Pentagon officials furious over Tuberville holds after top Marine hospitalized\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPentagon officials have been frustrated for months over an Alabama senator\u2019s blockade of more than 300 senior military nominations. But after the Marine Corps chief was hospitalized over the weekend, that frustration is turning into rage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior DOD official<\/a>: \u201cThis is outrageous. \u2026 I cannot help but think \u2026 that Tuberville\u2019s unnecessary stress that he\u2019s put on the situation where you don\u2019t have a backup \u2026 has added a level of complexity and danger to an already bad situation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201c25 officers have had their retirements deferred due to the hold, including five who have had to do it twice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, the Senate GOP is in complete disarray, as even some Senate Republicans are fed up with how Tuberville\u2019s blockade is undermining military readiness and threatening our national security. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andrew Desiderio, Punchbowl News<\/a>: \u201c\u2018Sen. Sullivan still going after Tuberville, three hours in: \u2018Xi Jinping is loving this. So is Putin. How dumb can we be, man?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andrew Desiderio, Punchbowl News<\/a>: \u201cSullivan getting angrier as Tuberville continues to object. He says the Chinese and the Russians are watching this and thinking, \u2018Gosh I can\u2019t believe how dumb these guys are.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steven Dennis, Bloomberg<\/a>: \u201cTuberville: \u2018Madam President, I object\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sullivan: \u2018There goes another downgrade of our readiness.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Igor Bobic, HuffPost<\/a>: \u201cSullivan getting increasingly caustic with each military promotion that Tuberville objects to. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018The Chinese are like, \u201cMan we\u2019ve been wanting to take out the U.S. Navy for decades and the U.S. Senate is doing it right now,\u201d\u2019 he remarks\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steven Dennis, Bloomberg<\/a>: \u201cErnst says these are men and women who have sworn to uphold the Constitution and \u2018would do it with their blood.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuberville objects again.\u201d
Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cAt one point, Graham, his voice rising, said there\u2019s a reason that no other senator had pursued a move like this for so long. \u2018No matter whether you believe it or not, Senator Tuberville, this is doing great damage to our military,\u2019 he said. \u2018I don\u2019t say that lightly; I\u2019ve been trying to work with you for nine months.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to Donald Trump and 2024 Republicans\u2019 continued support for Senator Tommy Tuberville\u2019s dangerous blockade of hundreds of military promotions, DNC spokesperson Sarafina Chitika released the following statement:\u00a0 \u201cAs Senate Republicans ring the alarm about their colleague\u2019s reckless political stunt undermining our national security, Donald Trump and 2024 MAGA Republicans are gleefully cheering Tuberville […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1027951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAs Tuberville Continues to Block Critical Military Promotions, Trump, 2024 Republicans Cheer Him On - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/as-tuberville-continues-to-block-critical-military-promotions-trump-2024-republicans-cheer-him-on\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-02T18:16:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-02T18:16:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-5.png?w=1024\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/as-tuberville-continues-to-block-critical-military-promotions-trump-2024-republicans-cheer-him-on\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/as-tuberville-continues-to-block-critical-military-promotions-trump-2024-republicans-cheer-him-on\/\",\"name\":\"As Tuberville Continues to Block Critical Military Promotions, Trump, 2024 Republicans Cheer Him On - 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